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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: "Dr Obi omega" <drobiomega@klikni.cz>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:57:40 -0700
Subject: DEAR Sir/Madam


NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS-NIGERIAN
DEAR Sir/Madam

RE: TRANSFER OF USD45,500,000.00 (FORTY-FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT I wish to intimate you with
this proposal in my capacity as Chief Accountant and in full agreement with
the Auditor-General of this Company (Nigeria Liqiuified Natural Gas) . We
scrutinized all records and the accounts of awarded and executed contracts
of this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime, since the
inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully uncover and mapped out a
whopping sum USD $45.5m which we want to transfer into your account as the
beneficiary.

It might interest you to know that beginning of this current civilian
government at a working assets capital of USD 3billion and will definitely
gulp more USD 2 billion on the completion of the fifty part. You can
authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our client with full
guarantee from me.

The money $45.5m has been approved for payment by this company NLNG, the
Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the Accountant General of the
Federation) and to be paid by the Apex bank of Nigeria under contract
number, NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99. As top civil Servants, we are not
authorized to operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision to use your
account in full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside Nigeria.

We have accepted you as our foreign partner and will regularize and update
the approvals to reflect you as the true beneficiary of the contract sum USD
$45.5m(FORTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR).
Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require
much engagements since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity.

We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If
you are interested in this deal, please, contact me through my email.
Address above for more lively information. Remember to give to me your phone
and fax lines through which l can send you approved documents for your
perusal. I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you will
understand the confidential nature of this transaction.Please contact me
with this e-mailaddress (obij50@yahoo.com)

Best regards
Dr Obi J Omega.

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