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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: DURU PAUL <paulduru7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <paulduru1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:27:59 -0400
Subject: Good News From NNPC.



Attn: Sir.

PERMISSION TO REMIT US $17 MILLION INTO YOUR COMPANY OR PRIVATE ACCOUNT, It is my pleasure to write and inform you of a transaction involving the transfer of US17, 000,000.00 (twenty one million US dollars) only into a foreign account for safekeeping pending my arrival with my colleaguesfor the sharing of the money with you as the account owner into which the money is remitted.

I am Mr. Paul Duru. an accountant working with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and this money originated from over-invoiced contract executed for the corporation some years back. The foreign firm has long completed this contract and the contractor duly paid. I now seek if you would permit the surplus to be remitted into your account. As a matter of fact, we are top government officials and we cannot come out openly to claim this money.

This is why we are looking for a competent and honest company or individual abroad whose documents would be tendered by us here in NIGERIA as one of the contractors that executed the project. However, I would wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not sit on the money when it goes into your account. More importantly, you have to keep this transaction confidential, in order not to tarnish the confidence repose in the officials involved in this transaction. To affect this transfer, I therefore request the following:

YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE NAME OF YOUR BANK. WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO AND ALSO YOUR PRIVATE FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FORQUICK COMMUNICATION.

You should not fear any risk because we have concluded arrangement to save guide you in the transaction. This business is 100% risk free. Hence it requires high level of confidence and secrecy. Meanwhile this is the breakdown of the sharing modalities:

(A). 10% WILL BE USED TO SETTLE TRANSFER CHARGES AND LEGAL PROTOCOLS.
(B). 30% IS FOR USING YOUR ACCOUNT. (C). 60% OF IT WILL BE FOR US THE ORIGINATORS.

Be informed that on completion of this business I will use part of my money to invest in your country under your care. Please note that the transfer operation will take seven to ten working days to be completed. Please contact me by! The above e-mail: paulduru1@yahoo.com

Thanks. You.
Mr. Paul Duru.
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