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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: LUKEMAN IDRIS <idris.lukeman12@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 17:29:48 -0700
Subject: RE: YOUR FUND


This is to bring to your awareness that due to the upcoming general
elections in Nigeria, the federal government of Nigeria has approved the
sum of USD$12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) to be paid as contract/inheritance fund to those foreign
contractors who have been expecting their contract/inheritance payments for
a long time now. You are fortunate to be among those shortlisted
beneficiaries to this approved fund.

Please if you are interested to receive this fund you should not hesitate
to respond back with your full information such as your full names,
address, phone, bank information and any of your identification card such
as your national identity card, international passport or national identity
card.

Please if you know you are not ready and interested in receiving this fund,
you should not bother yourself to reply back to this email.

We want to complete all payments before the general elections commences.

We look forward to your urgent response.

Sincerely Yours

Dr. Lukeman Idris
Manager, International Operations Dept.
Central Bank Of Nigeria

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