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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: Andrew Yakubu <owusu0addo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ay441521@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 18:42:49 +0800
Subject: Hello suechana

Hello suechana

My name is Andrew Laah Yakubu, I was the former Group Managing Director (GMD) for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under the government of the former President Goodluck Jonalthan's regime from 2012-2014. I write to you in connection to a transaction that would be beneficial to you and me in the near future. As a GMD of the organization, it is within my purview to send in a yearly financial report to the Government at the end of each business year.

In the course of reviewing the 2014 report, I discovered an excess amount of Two Hundred Million United States Dollars in a slush fund. It may interest you to note that a slush fund, colloquially, is an auxiliary monetary account or a reserve fund. However, in the context of corrupt dealings, such as those by governments or large corporations, a slush fund can have particular connotations of secrecy in regard to the use of this money and the means by which the funds were acquired.

Six years later, the present government and leaders of the organization is oblivious of it and as it were, has no way of knowing as I understand the funds were derived from excess sales of crude during my tenure and till date no one has come forward to claim the fund As it was placed in what we call a Nostro Vostro account with no beneficiary by the forex black marketers in a private and secured bank in the Isle of man.

As a senior management staff of the organization then, I cannot be directly connected to this money as I am being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) for false declaration of assets, over the discovery of  Nine million Eight hundred thousand United States Dollars found in my home the agency and other monetary dealings which my name came up, although i have not been charged yet but the matter is still pending in court, so i need to discrete myself in any monetary affairs for now, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 20% of the total funds as remuneration for your involvement.

There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that protects us from any breach of the law as it will strictly be a bank-to-bank transfer after the re-certification of the fund as the fallout of a bequest/donation bequeathed to you or your organization. All we need to do is to secure the pertinent structures in place to authenticate your claim as consequently the beneficiary of the fund. Your prompt response would be appreciated.

Thanking you in advance for your anticipated assistance and cooperation.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Yakubu.

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