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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: INFO ENQUIRY <diplomatictransagency74@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoenquiries@caramail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 08:44:05 -0700
Subject: Compliments of the day my dear friend,

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From Mr. Mohammed Isah,
Diplomatic Union Of West African States
Address: 276, Blvd Du 13 Janvier Immeuble Fiata 1er Etage

Compliments of the day my dear friend,

It is my sincere desire to share a mutual business relationship with you.
My name is Mr. Mohammed Isah, a Citizen of Republic of Togo, I work as an
administrative secretary to Diplomatic Union Of West African States Ltd'' I
got your impressive information through one of my good friends who works
with Chambers of Commerce on foreign business relations after due
consultation with my spiritual adviser.

I joined the services of this Company in 1991 as an office Assistant. I
decided to contact you believing that by the Grace of God you will accept
to be my partner in this business. I have been working with this Company
for years now. Within this period, I have watched how African Heads of
States and Government functionaries have been using' Diplomatic Union Of
West Africa State Ltd'' to move huge sums of money USD, Pounds Sterling,
French Francs- (Cash ) to their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of money and cash and secretly declare the
contents as jewelries, gold, diamond, precious stones, family treasure,
African Arts work/Antiquities documents etc. General Sanni Abacha of
Nigeria (Dead) Mobutu Sese-Seko of Zaire (Dead) Foday Sankoy of Sierra
Leone. Babangida of Nigeria etc.

All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with the
Diplomatic Union of West Africa State Ltd.

Their foreign partners , friends and relatives, are claiming most of these
consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as fifteen
years now. Nobody may ever come for them because in most cases, the
documents of deposits are never available to anybody except the depositors,
most of them dead.

Sometime last few years ago (2021) Diplomatic Union Of West Africa State
Ltd changed the procedure of claims of consignments; it will be released to
you upon demand. From our records, more than 120 consignments belonging to
General Abacha/ Mobutu Sese-Seko, have been claimed in the past six months.

This is why I am soliciting your cooperation and assistance. Mobutu
Sese-Seko, has 65 consignments deposited with several names and codes. 35
have been claimed in the past 6 months. Since he died, I have finalized
every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment No.1200 containing
USD18M Eighteen Million United States Dollars. My duty is to supply you
with all information and documents by mail. You will deal directly with the
management.

The procedure is simple: you will apply officially to the director of
operations of the Diplomatic Union of West Africa States for the release of
consignment No 1200. They will demand some documents and secret codes by
mail . I will supply you with every detailed information and you will send
it to them. As soon as they confirm it to be correct.

They will invite you for the collection to Dubai or West Africa, but, if
you do not want to come you can arrange with them to transfer the
consignment to anywhere on agreement.

Nobody will ever know I am involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will
write the agreement for us hence I suggest we share 50-50 upon conclusion
of this deal, you will arrange for me and my family to come over to your
country I assure you that the business have been hatched for years now, it
is very secure and 100% risk free

Can I give you this financial trust as a trustee/stakeholder. Upon your
response including your direct cellphone number/ nationality and contact
details I shall then provide you with more details and relevant information
,please confirm the receipt of this message to my alternative email address
( infoenquiries@caramail.com ) for more details

I will appreciate it very much. reply me so that we can go over the details.

Yours truly
Mr. Mohammed Isah,

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