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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: stevemark200@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 03:52:11 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOOD=20FRIEND?=

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION)
PLOT 128 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, ABUJA-NIGERIA.

SUBJECT: TEN MILLION (US$10,000,000.00) DOLLARS TRANSFER

ATTN: GOOD FRIEND

THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST
TO GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION.I
AM STEVE MARK, A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS(NLNG).

I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER
TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. THE MONEY ACCRUED AS
A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF
THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL SERVANT IN
NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT. I WILL OFFER YOU
30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND
WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR TRANSACTION
OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN
MRS.KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH PHONENUMBER:819085437498.WHEN THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY
TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT IN JAPAN, SHE SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE
MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE. HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IS OF HIGH DEMAND.

HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS
LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: stevemark2004@hotmail.com

YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER,PHONE
NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

THANKS.YOURS TRULY,

DR. STEVE MARK.



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