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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: Barrister Mallam <johnedwardesq11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barr.mallamabukar@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 23:57:37 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY

This is to inform you that in the course of my investigation as
director of payment verification / implementation committee I came
across your name as unpaid fund beneficiary ($10,600,000).in the record of the
central bank and other banks that are supposed to get your funds
released to you. My committee was set up by the payment reconciliation
committee to verify and scrutinize all outstanding debts owed to our
foreign beneficiaries in accordance to the information received from
the United States government and other countries over unpaid huge
debts owed to Foreigners.

When I asked them why they didn’t deduct the said charges from your principal
sum, I was given the flimsy excuse that you never authorized them to
do so. When I put the question across to them if they ever advised
you that such
charges could be deducted from your principal fund,the answer I got
was no.Now, if you
do not tell this beneficiary that such charges could bededucted from
his or her principal fund,
how will he or she know that such options are available for such beneficiaries.

The only Requirement that qualifies the Fund beneficiaries for
deduction is the procurement of Affidavits. As soon we get an
Affidavits from you,There must be a legal right to deduct every other
expense. Note,It Your Civil responsibility to take care of the cost
for the Affidavits Procurement from the Federal High Court before the
deduction can be effective.
You are advised to re-confirm to us the below information or call me
immediately for more details.
Your Name:
Your Address:
Your Phone:
Your Mobile:
Your Email:
Your Occupation:
Your Sex:
Your Age.
Your International passport/drive lenience
>From my investigation I discovered that these bank officials
deliberately refused to let the charges be deducted from your
principal fund because they want your fund to remain trapped in the
bank, while they continue to extort money from beneficiaries under
some flimsy excuse. all you are required to do is swear to an
affidavit at the federal high court of Nigeria, authorizing the bank to
deduct all charges from your principal fund and transfer the balance of
funds after deduction to your bank account. If you have spent any money in
the past in your quest for payment, kindly let me know so that I can follow this
up.You can reach me on my phone or email for
directive(barr.mallamabukar@gmail.com)
on how you can get the deduction done as soon under the Condition of
taking care of the
Affidavits Cost procurement.

Yours sincerely,
Barrister Mallam Abubakar Malam.
Attorney General of the Federation
& Minister of Justice (Barrister)
E-mail:(barr.mallamabukar@gmail.com)

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