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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <nzenonyalim@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:25:42 -0300
Subject: YOUR INHERITANCE / CONTRACT FUNDS;

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
YOUR INHERITANCE / CONTRACT FUNDS;
 
Due to numerous fraudulent activities by some government officials of this country,i Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama the Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs write to bring to your notice that the Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted an investigative Panel and foreign Debts reconciliation committee, to investigate the Government officials and all the banks that have trapped and held beneficiaries Inheritance, Lotteries and Contracts funds unpaid.
 
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to settle all Foreign debt after his recent meeting with the World Bank Management and the United Nations held in United States of America, to enable him give a zero tolerance to corruption in his regime. President Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari in the bid to curb incident of fraud has directed that all long overdue payment to be settled through Homelink Community Bank. In this payment scheme, the President has designated
Homelink Community Bank as the only authorized accredited paying bank to carry out this payment process to curb incidents of fraud.
 
As of date, the beneficiaries that have applied for the release of their Inheritance / Contracts funds from this scheme are listed below, and if you have not yet received your Inheritance / Contracts payment from Nigeria Government, you are to contact my office immediately with your complete data including the principal amount you are expecting to receive from the Nigeria Government for processing / release of your payment.
 
Mr. Rudolph A. Labatto (Mexico)
Mr. Ray Willock ( OHIA USA)
Mr. Bhatarathon Donsukkul (MEXICO)
Mr. S. Soltani (UNITED KINGDOM)
Mrs. Maud-Marie Lonnberg (GERMANY)
Mr. Russell J. Kuhn (USA)
Mr. Mr. Lars Hllberg (CANADA)
Mr. Isaiah R Rolle (BAHAMAS)
Mr. Hayet Fred J. (SPAIN)
Mr. Trent Palomino (CALIFORNIA,USA)
Mr. Alan Anderson (USA)
Mr. Tania W. Taper (UKRAIN)
Mr. Albert Epperly (CANADA)
Mr. Chen Sheng Wen (NORTH KOREA)
Dr. Williams Philips (UNITED KINGDOM)
Mr. Francisco N. Mico (USA)
Mrs. Desiree Brown (USA)
 
Your urgent response to this e-mail now will go a long way in helping us ensure your payment is released to you.
 
Best Wishes.
Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama
Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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