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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: prince_james_duru@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:22:37 -0800
Subject: business proposition

Prince James Duru (KSM)
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel,
On Foreign Contract Review And Payment Recommendation,
Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Please,reply only to :::(princejamesduru@echina.com)


Attn:

I am the chairman of Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel on Foreign
Contract Awards And Payment Recommendation. This panel is set up and
empowered by three factors; The President Of Nigeria,Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, Members of G-34 and the Honourable Members of the Judicial
Panel, to review and subsequently recommend for payments all duly
executed contracts awareded to foreign contractors between 1995-2000
fisacl year.

Precisely five months back,we discovered an over-invoiced contract
sum to the tone of Two Hundred Million United States Dollars
(USD$200,000,000.00).We further traced the origin of this sum and
thus,found out that it was delibrately over-invoiced by then Contract
Awarding Committee before they were dissolved. As it is now,we are
very confident that the government has no knowledge of this
sum,neither does the dossolved committee have access to the said sum
again.We still have almost one year to conclude and it is only then
that we shall give official reports and probably refer this over-
invoiced contract sum back to the federal government's purse.

It is in the light of this that my colleagues and myself decided to
confidently contact you urgently so that we could perfectly present
you or your company as one of the foreign contractors that executed
contract for the Nigerian government, and we shall recommend Sixty
Million United States Dollars (USD$60,000,000.00) to be paid into
your account or company’s account, thereafter we shall refer back
to
the government's purse the balance of One Hundred And Fourty Million
Dollars (USD$140,000,000.00). We Have carefully worked out the
strategies to secure all the necessary approvals in your name and
there is no room for failure,in that we are still at the head of
Contract Review And Payment Recommendation, and it is only our
reports that count.

If we have understood ourselves and believed with trust that we could
do this together and move this sum of Sixty Million Dollars
(USD$60,000,000.00) into your account, then forward to us urgently
the following;

1. Your full names and address.
2. Company's name and address,if any.
3. Full bank account details and
4. Telephone and fax numbers.

We shall further discuss and agree on the percentage sharing as soon
as we hear from you affirmatively.Please,direct all reply only to
(princejamesduru@echina.com),thanks.

Sincerely,

Prince James Duru (KSM)
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel,
On Foreign Contract Review And Payment Recommendation,
Federal Republic Of Nigeria.


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