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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: musa fakai <musa_fakai@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:37:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: TREAT AS CONFIDENTIAL...


NATIONAL NIGERIA PETROLUEM COMPANY,
PLOT 56 KARU CRESENT,
ABUJA,ASO ROCK.
NIGERIA
CONTACT:+2348043314321
EMAIL: musa_fakai@yahoo.co.uk
FROM:DESK OF THE CHAIRMAN AWARD OIL COMMITTEE.
ENGINEER MUSA FAKAI

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM ENGINEER MUSA FAKAI THE CHAIRMAN OF CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE NATIONAL NIGERIA PETROLUEM
COMPANY,FEDEARL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. SOMETIME LAST YEAR, OUR REFINERY WAS GENERALY SERVICED AND
MANY OTHER CONTRACTS WHERE ALSO AWARDED IN THE OIL SECTOR AFTER AN OUT BREAK OF FIRE.
THERE WAS AN ASSISTANCE FROM WORLD BANK, I.M.F. AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT
OF THE DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AND THE REFINERY AS A WHOLE. DURING THIS PERIOD, A LOT OF CONTRACTS
WERE AWAREDED TO SO MANY INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS.
ALL THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAS JUST RECEIVED THEIR FINAL PHASE OF THEIR PAYMENT LEAVING A
TOTAL SUM OF $30 MILLION USD FLOATING IN THE FILES OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE UNCLAIMED
THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE OVER INVOICING WE DID DURING THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.
THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED OKAY; THIS SUM OF $30 MILLION (THIRTY MILLION US DOLLARS)
I WILL LIKE TO TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT NOW,WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO PROVIED ME
YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER. AS THE CONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN,
I WILL PREPARE DOCUMENTS WITH YOUR NAME AS SUB CONTRACTOR WHO DID THIS JOB.
AND THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED IN YOUR COMPANY NAME.IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS TRANSACTION I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY:
10% SET ASIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL EXPENCES AND 60% FOR ME AND MY GROUP. MORESO,
I WILL COME OVER TO MEET WITH YOU A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT
TO TAKE CARE OF MY SHARE AFTER YOU HAVE TAKING YOUR COMMISSION OF 30%. IF YOU WILL BE OF
ASSISTANCE TO ME TO HAVE THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT, WRITE ME BACK IMMEDIATELY
OR YOU CALL ME ON PHONE TO FEED YOU WITH INFORMATIONS AND MODALITIES FOR THIS TRANSACTION.
NOTE : THIS TRANSACTION IS SMOOTH AND SECURED AS ALL ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN FINALISED.

I AWAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY .

FAITHFULLY,

ENGINEER MUSA FAKAI....














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