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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: peter eze <drpeterezelng@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: drpetereze1@live.com
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:08:25 -0700
Subject: Nigeria LNG Limited,




Nigeria LNG Limited,
C & C Towers, Plot 1684 Sanusi Fafunwa Street,
Victoria Island, P.M.B. 12774 (Marina),
Lagos, Nigeria
please, contact me through my e-mail address drpetereze1@live.com
[1]
TellPhone234-7086-629-541
ATTN:
RE: TRANSFER OF US$28,500,000,00 (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO SAFE ACCOUNT.
I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my Capacity as a Chief
Accountant and in full agreement With the Auditor-General of this
Company ( Nigeria Liquidfied 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 US$28.5M which We want to transfer into
your
account as the Beneficiary. It might interest you to know that
Beginningof this current civilian government at a Working assets
capital of US$3billion and will
Definitely gulp more USD2billion on
the completion of thefifty part.
You can authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our
client with full guarantee from me. The money $28.5M has been
approvedfor 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,
G/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 sum(US$28.5M
((TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
ONLY).
Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not
require much engagement since we have taken care of the deal in full
capacity. We have resolved to give you 30% of the total for your
assistance. If you are interested
inthis deal, please, contact me
through my e-mail address drpetereze1@live.com [1] for more lively
information. Remember to give me your phone line and fax through
which
I can send you the approved documents for your perusal. I am
anxiously
waiting for your response with hope that you will understand the
confidential nature of this transaction.
Best regards,

Dr Peter Eze
TellPhone234-7086-629-541

Links:
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[1] mailto:drpetereze1@live.com

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