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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: "Mrs.Rahab Ali" <djk2146@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.rahabali01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:05:52 -0700
Subject: Compliment of the season.

ATTN: CEO

REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS {US$15,300,000.00} ONLY, INTO YOUR ACCOUNT

Compliment of the season.

I am the Deputy Director of finance, foreign payment approval dept. of West
African Monetary Control Board (WAMCB).North-West Regional office
Benin Republic. My office oversees all developmental projects financed
by the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Within this zone
(Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea) With reference
to an introduction and recommendation of you by a friend who works in the
Burkina Faso Chambers of Commerce and Industry, I do hereby; Wish to
commence talk with you on a highly confidential level.

After due consultations with my colleagues, we have decided to contact you
in order to arrange for a possible transfer of the sum of Fifteen million
three hundred thousand dollars (US$15.300.000.00) into your account. This
money is a Subject of an over inflated sum acquired from contracts awarded
by my Agency in the past years.

The original contractors have however, been paid and all projects executed
by them commissioned. This over inflated amount cannot be withdrawn locally
from the paying Bank because the contractors concerned are foreign Firms.
As a matter of trust, honesty and secrecy, we have decided to contact you
as to assist us provide an account for this transaction if you have
accepted to assist and fully participate in this transaction, kindly
furnish us with the necessary information such as Bank address, Account
number, Account name and your full address.

With this information provided, the said sum will be transfer to your
account without difficulties. The terms of sharing the money after a
successful transfer will be discuss as you indicate your interest in
assisting to transfer this money. Immediately all these information gets to
us, we will then present every document to the paying bank. Be rest assured
with our connections, everything will be through within a short time.

After many years of meticulous services to the government and people of
our sub region we would not want our image to be dented. Therefore we
expect you to handle this transaction with utmost maturity by keeping
everything secret. I can assure you that if our instructions are carefully
adhered to, there will not be any hitch throughout the transaction, and
there is no risk on your side, because we have perfected the deal very well
over years.

After the transfer, we will be coming over to your country for further
Sharing and possible investments I’m waiting to hear from you urgently
through the telephone number Below or mail me back ASAP.



Mrs.Rahab Ali Secretary
Mr.Clement John Deputy Director

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