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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Donald Khalid" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:59:22 -0600
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir

I am Mr.Donald Khalid,the head of audit and accounting section of my bank. With due respect and regards, I have decided to contact you on a particular business transaction that will benefit both of us at the very end of the transaction.

Please my bank manager (late) made a secret deposit on behalf of his client Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who herself is now a cancer patient and presently in U.K receiving treatment. This deposit was made in a third party name that does not really exist as is the case with secret deposit usually made by politicians and political appointees. But fortunately, our late Manager had confided in me with details of the deposit to help protect deposited fund should the need arise in the course of our auditing. Please see below sites for more details regarding Diezani Alison-Madueke

1. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/diezani-alison-maduekes-plea-for-mercy/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diezani_Alison-Madueke
3. saharareporters.com/2015/11/14/photos-cancer-stricken-diezani-alison-madueke-released

It may please you to know that my late Manager died after suffering a brief heart attack out of fear that the incoming new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was going to probe the former Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke who is now cancer stricken. To reassure myself that the details was confidential only between my late Manager and I, I monitored and observed the situation for some time and I am completely satisfied that no person or group, no inquiry or query has been made on deposited fund before I safely transferred funds to Europe.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin to move the funds from Europe to your account designate. Please be rest assured that all the internal documentation to transfer fund to Europe was handled by me to ensure safety of transaction. Please note this did not come easy for me as the cost was high and expensive on my side transferring funds safely to Europe. Contact through my email here for more discussion: dhalid.cbnoffice@yahoo.com or Phone Call to my cell phone Number below .

Best Regards,

Mr.Donald Khalid.
Head,Audit and
Chief Financial Officer.
Dir, Tel +234-812-877-5633.

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