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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: chiyemego paul chukwu <chiyem2@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: chiyemegopaulchukwu@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:23:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SUCCESS ASSURED




No 34 Bello Street,

Kano Rd.

Sokoto State, Nigeria.

Phone: 234-8030487855.





REQUEST FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP




Dear Friend,


I hope you will receive this Email without a measure of fear I got your contact from THE EMAIL DIRECTORY as i was searching for a reliable person i will transact this transaction with. It is with trust that I wish to contact you on this matter concerning the transfer of US$45,800,000,00 million Dollars.


My name is MR CHIYEMEGO PAUL CHUKWU, I am the manager of National Bank of Nigeria Sokoto Branch.I have urgent and very confidential business proposal i need your assistant for. On JAN. 1999, There was an oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.smith John whom i assisted for an oil deal by personally using the bank fund to finance he without the knowledge of other's directors in the bank. After the project, we made $269,000,000.00m and my share was given to me as well, Which is US$45,800,000,00m while my partner was given is own share which is $30,000,000,00m after that i also refunded the bank"s fund. For this reason i need your assistant in helping me to secure my share amount US$45,800,000,00m in your account since my intention is to invest this fund out of my country into any lucrative venture you may deem fit in order to avoid any one knowing about my transaction with Mr.smith John that is presently dead. Though, few days ago the bank in which my share of the f
und was deposited with, called me to identify the beneficiary of the fund in order to proceed with the payment, as the fund is due. Actually before the fund was deposited with the bank" My backup application letter was that the fund belongs to a friend, Which mean's that i am the only person in position to identify the bonafide owner of the fund, since the fund was not deposited with a name but with a security code number. Its in this regard that i solicit for your assistance for securing this fund in your Name in other to avoid the awareness of my involvement in the fund ownership , because as a bank official with the goverment bank i am not allowed by law to own such amount of money or personally operate a foreign account.


Note that every application to enable you the bonafide beneficiary of the fund shall be perfectly written in your name' by me recommending you the origina beneficiary of said amount US$45,800,000,00m for the successful transfer' if only you will be sincere with me in the deal.


Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and risk free and i will commence the transaction from the date of receipt of the following information via e-mail, phone and fax. Please call me immediately after reading this message in other to discuss about the deal or you send me by email your opion in the deal. But alraedy I agreed to share this fund as follow after all expences made to in order to secure the fund into your account:


(1) 70% for me.

(2) 30% should be for you for financing the TRANSACTION.



Please if you accept this proposal, send to me by email the following.:


1 Your telephone number, fax numbers, mobil phone, your address.

2. Provide me an account or preferrably you open a new bank account in your name for this transfer.

3 You also have previde an agreement letter that you will never betray me in this transaction or disapoint me in all matters regarding the transaction.


With these information, we are going to put in application in your favour for the release of this fund into your account for us all. Due to my sensitive Condition, I can not afford a slip in this transaction. Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and utmost urgency.


Yours faithfully


MR CHIYEMEGO PAUL CHUKWU.

(NATIONAL BANK OF NIGERIA, BANK MANAGER.)



N.B: Please bear in mind that this money shall be use to invest through you base on your professional advice.


More so, I will need your total assistance with sinserity, trust and confidential, in other to see that this Deal becomes successful.


Note that before the transfer into your account, You must give to me every assurance that you will never betray me because my friend have been disappointed some years ago by a British partner, Mr. Tony William whom he trusted with a transaction of this nature. He is sitting on this money for no apparent reason, but i am willing to try again with you, Mr. Tony William still resides in London and enjoying my friend collective money and refused to give him his share but i believe that for his act of wickedness to my friend, he will never go unpunished by God. Because of these am afraid and I need your total trust confidential and assurance that you must be an honest and straightforward person in this transaction.






- chiyemego paul chukwu


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