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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Egar=20Nelson?= <egar_nelson@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:13:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Transaction


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: egar_nelson@yahoo.co.uk

FROM THE DESK OF:DR EGAR NELSON

Chairman Contract Award Committee,

Nigerian Agricultural Development Authority (NADA).

Email:egarnelson@mighty.co.za



Dearest Freind,

REQUEST FOR URGENT MUTUAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise since it is

coming from someone you don't know or ever seen before, but after due

deliberation with my colleagues, we have decided to forward this

business proposal to you. We want a reliable person who would assist us

to transfer the sum of USD$30Million (thirty million United States

Dollars)into his or her nominated Bank Account.

This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contract awarded by

us under the budget allocation to my organization{NADA} of Turn Around

Maintainace and the bill was approved for payment by the appropriate

authorities. The contract was executed, commissioned and the contractor

was duly paid his full cost of the contract as stipulated in the

contract agreement leaving behind the USD$30M.

Therefore, the over-invoiced Amount of USD$30M which we have

deliberately over estimated for our own use is what we need your

assistance for transfer and for our mutual benefits. Due to the civil

services code of conduct here in Nigeria, civil servants are not

allowed to operate or own foreign account. This is why we are

contacting you for assistance in this regard.

We have agreed to share the money as follows:(1)35% for your Assistance

The Account Owner.(2) 55% for US and (3) 10% for tax/expenses, as may

be required by your Government and ours.

As you may want to know and make you less curious, I got your address

from a reputable Large chamber of commerce and industry and I am the

executive chairman of the contract Award committee of the Nigerian

Agricultural Development Authority (NADA). This transaction is very

much free from all sort of risk hence this business was carefully

planned before it was successfully executed and we the NADA officials involved

in the deal have put in many years of meritorious service to our

organization.

We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and

for most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to

miss. To get this fund into your account, we have to present an

international business outfit and consequent upon indication of your

interest to fully assist us in this transaction, you are required to

furnish us with the followings:

(A)Your Full Name and Your Home Address

(B) Your Private Telephone/Fax Numbers for easy

communication.

(C) Your full account information where you will like the money to be

transfer.

This information will enable us apply for approval of

the fund from the concerned quarters within three to four

banking days and the Nigerian Agricultural Development Authority

(NADA).payment information data will be faxed/Email immediately

to you for completion.Myself and our lawyer involved in this deal will

come to your country to arrange for our share upon confirmation from you

that the money has been credited into your nominated bank account.

All these will only take us about fourteen working days to transfer

this fund into your account from the day we receive the requirements. Your

line of business in this transaction does not matter. Honesty and your

ability to keep it secret and keep our own share safe when the money hits your

account is what matters.

Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.



Best regards,



DR EGAR NELSON.

Chairman Contract Award Committee,

Nigerian Agricultural Development Authority (NADA).

You can also reply to Email:egarnelson@mighty.co.za





- URGENT REPLY.


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