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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: markvine_oil@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:13:54 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASISTANCE?=


DEAR SIR,
THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE, PLEASE TREAT IT LIKE A BLOOD
BROTHER AFFAIR. I AM MARK VINE, THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, WITH THE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC).
I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF THIRTY-THREE MILLION,
FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY (US$33,400.000.00).THIS
MONEY
IS NOW DEPOSITED IN THE NNPC TREASURY ACCOUNT WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA. THE SUM AROSE FROM THE DELIBERATE OVER-INVOICING OF A CONTRACT
AWARDED BY THE NNPC TO A FOREIGN FIRM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIQUIFIED
NATURAL GAS PLANT (LNG) IN BONNY, SOUTHERN NIGERIA DURING THE LAST
MILITARY REGIME.
THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXECUTED AND COMMISSIONED AND THE
CONTRACTOR THAT HANDLED THIS CONTRACT HAS COLLECTED HIS FINAL PAYMENT;
THUS LEAVING BEHIND THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT WHICH REPRESENTS THE OVER
INVOICED SUM. HOWEVER, THE CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU (CIVIL SERVANTS LAWS)
DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OWN AND OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT, THEREFORE, I
NEEDED
A FOREIGN PARTNER THAT WILL PRESENT HIMSELF AS THE SUB-CONTRACTOR BY
PROVIDING HIS BANK PARTICULARS SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED
INTO
HIS ACCOUNT.
FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS BUSINESS, YOUR SHARE WILL BE 30% OF THE
TOTAL
SUM, 60% FOR ME, WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFF-SET ANY EXPENSES WE
MAY INCURE IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO
ASSIST
US IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. YOUR
PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION SO THAT I WILL
GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.
ALL MODALITIES FOR THE TAKE-OFF, OF THIS TRANSACTION HAS BEEN WORKED
OUT
AND FURTHER ACTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU. I SOLICIT
FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE

TO
ASK ME, EMAIL I WILL GIVE MY PHONE NOMBER WHEN YOU REPLY TO ME

YOURS TRULY ,
MR.MARK VINE.
(CHIEF ACCOUNTANT NNPC).
RELY IN MY ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL BOX { markvinoil@yahoo.com}




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