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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: MUHAMMADU BUHARI <mailmeworld.bank@rediffmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 01:46:50 +0200
Subject: SURPRISE, PLEASE I ARE YOU READY TO WORK WITH ME?

Attention,

How are you doing today? this email is coming to you as regards to your long time issues

with funds that are supposed to be released to you.

We are sorry about what you might have faced or things that have happened to you on the

transaction, but everything is presently under control.

Please listen and hear this.

The president of the Fedr=eral Republic of Nigeria is hated by the citizens of Nigeria all

because he is working to stop the ongoing crimes from the citizen of Nigeria.

My election comes up in February 2019 and I want all foreign transaction owners to be paid

before the time that I will be voted out of this post.

Please accept this email and work with us now so that you will be one of the people that

will say good things about me when I am been voted out of the Nigerian government because

it is difficult to control these people here.

They said, my English is poor, Nigerians said I don't know much about the Nigerian

economy, then if I don't, please let m,e work on the people that will appreciate my

effort.

Please, I am ready to release the sum of $6.8 million dollars to you are a sign of my good

work and I want you to be one of the people that will send an email to the media in

Nigerian that I am really working hard to put Nigeria Name into the good World record.

Please send the below information to me right away so that I can proceed to send you the

funds as a scam victims compensation payment.

I remain the crime fighter

To get this solved and to follow me in success, please reply to my email under the World

Bank.

Sincerely
GOV. MUHAMADU BUHARI
NIGERIA PRESIDENT

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