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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: JANET DAVID <jannyestate@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dmary181@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:40:27 -0800
Subject: KINDLY REPLY

OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
EXT. 22 LAGOS ANNEX OFFICE
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
FROM THE DESK OF: MRS JANET DAVID

Sir.

I am endeavor to sending this mail not for you to believe me but to give me
trial whether if I am speaking the truth or not because I know that you had
been hearing different stories without achieving anything than time wasted
and little money you have also We Have Been Mandated by The Ministry of
Finance and ECOWAS Parliament to Issue Out $2.5M ACCRUED INTEREST in your
Favor This fiscal year 2023. Also, For Your Information, You Have to Stop
Any Further Communication with Any Other Person (S) Or Office(S) To Avoid
Any Hitches in Receiving Your Payment.

Yes my name is Mrs. Janet David a personal adviser to Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna
Ahmed the Ministry of Finance and I been talking to her to assist you and
make sure that Federal Government releases a token of $2.5million into your
account for ACCRUED INTEREST since you been suffering with Nigeria
impostors and scammers over many years without achieving anything and it
will be better that you received the token of $2.5million ACCRUED INTEREST
than nothing because they said (a bird at hand is better than million in
the bush) Also half bread is better than none and it will be better that
you received this $2.5 million first before proceeding with other payment
because with this little money it will encourage and empower you to look
into your contract sum.

Since your payment was faulted in your first attempt, I had expected a more
gentle-approach when I came into office, all these little tricks and
unofficial methods they have been trying to use to frustrate you. I had
expected either yourself or any of your agents would have been Gentle
enough to approach me for a talk in this transaction for there
is nothing impossible in this country.

I must say that your payment was faulted in the first place because I
strongly believe that you did not follow the normal protocol and deal with
Touts and Criminals and impostors.


However: My Dear I am NOT telling you to believe or trust me but to give me
a trail whether I can make it done in your favour or not because I am
closer to Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed I still believe when I cried to him on
your behalf then he will definitely do something to help you out.


The people you are dealing with are not after the money you are sending to
confuse and frustrate you, so if you abandon the fund which is presently in
your name then it will be easy to divert your fund to their partner bank
account overseas. Listen, I don't want you to confess anything to me, or to
tell me who is involved in the deal.


So if you want me to help you kindly furnish me with your full details so I
can submit to her table and put pressure on her on your behalf and make
sure that he proceeded and once Federal Government approved your this funds
$2.5 million and you confirm it into your account then you compensate me
with any amount you like but what I want to achieve are the good name also
believe that everybody are not the same in Nigeria because the whole world
are looking Nigerian`s as the
corrupted country and I want to proof it to you that good once are still
remain in Nigeria. If you want to believe and give me a trial then kindly
get back to me because seeing is believing and half bread is better than
none. Feel free to call me with this phone
number:++234-812-551-9508

Thank you and God bless .

Yours truly

Mrs. Janet David
Personal assistant to the Ministry of Finance.
+234-812-551-9508

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