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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: "nelson smith" <nelsmith2024@msn.com>
Reply-To: nelsmith2021@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:44:30 +0000
Subject: NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)

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




DEAR,Sir/Madam

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

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 NELSON SMITH, A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I
WANTTO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. THE MONEY
ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THECONSTRUCTION OF THE
SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORTHARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL
SERVANT
IN NIGERIA,

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT. I WILL OFFER YOU 30%
OFTHETOTAL MONEY IFYOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE
TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW
THAT LAST TWO YEARS, I EXECUTED A SIMILARTRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE
WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN-MRS. KONAMI
YAMAMOTO
WITH PHONE NUMBER:81-9085437498.

WHENTHE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT
INAPAN,SHESUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY
OWNSHARE.HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND
TRANSPARENCYIS OF HIGH DEMAND.

HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS
LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
nelsmith2020@yahoo.co.uk)

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

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

THANKS.
YOURS TRULY,
ENGR.NELSON SMITH


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