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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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Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?mail900@aliceadsl.fr?=" <mail900@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:17:35 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?REQUEST_FOR_BUSINESS_RELATIONSHIP?=


REQUEST FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
I am Dr. Smith Chukwudike a senior official with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and a member Three-man Tender board in
charge of Contracts Awards and payment Approvals. My colleagues and I are top
Officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel. Our duties
include evaluation, vetting, approval for payment of Contract jobs
done for the NNPC, etc.
During the last military regime Here in Nigeria, this committee
awarded a contract of US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States
>>Dollars) to five construction firms on Behalf of the Petroleum Ministry for the
supply, construction and Installation of Oil Pipeline from Warri to Port
Harcourt. During this Process my colleagues and I decided amongst
ourselves to deliberately Over-invoice the total contract sum to
US$431,500,000.00 (Four Hundred and Thirty One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with the Main intention of
sharing the Over-invoiced sum US$31,500,000.00 (Thirty One Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) amongst Ourselves.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has since approved the total
contract sum ( US$431,500,000.00) Four Hundred and Thirty One Million, Five >Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars, and the sum Of US$400,000,000.00 (Four
Hundred Million United States Dollars) has Been paid to the foreign
contractors concerned as contract Entitlements for the contract done, we
are now left with US$31,500,000.00 Floating in the account which we
intend to transfer abroad into a safe and Reliable account to be disbursed
amongst ourselves, but by virtue of our Positions as civil servants and
members of this panel, we cannot do this By ourselves, as we are
prohibited by the `Code of Conduct Bureau´ (Civil Service Laws) from opening /
operating foreign accounts in our names, Making it impossible for us to
acquire the money in our names. I have, Therefore, been mandated as a
matter of trust by my colleagues in the Panel to look for an overseas
partner into whose account we would Transfer the sum of US$31,500,000.00 (Thirty One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), hence we are writing you this letter.
My colleagues and I have agreed that if your company can act as the
Beneficiary of this fund on our behalf, you or your company will retain
20% of the total amount of US$31,500,000.00 (Thirty One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), while 70% will be for us
(members Of this panel) and 10% is marked out to offset all Debts/expenses that
will be incurred (both local and foreign) in the cause of this Transfer.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous.
In return we demand your complete honesty and trust. You must however, NOTE
that this transaction will be strictly based on the Following terms and
conditions as we have stated below, as we have heard confirmed cases of
business associates running away with funds kept in their custody when
it finally arrive their accounts.
A very good and recent example is the one of Mr. Peter Hopwood, the
President of Mileage Trading and Investment Company at No: 121, West
55th Street, 21st Floor, New York 10022, and former Chairman of OMPADEC (Mr.
Patrick Opia), who we were reliably informed that after the agreement
between both partners in which he was to take 15% of the money, while
the remaining 85% for Nigerian Officials. With all the required documents
signed, the money was duly transferred into his account, only to be
disappointed on their arrival in New York and were informed that Mr.
Peter Hopwood was no longer on that address, while his telephone and Fax
numbers >>have been re-allocated to somebody else and the whole money withdrawn
>> with the account closed. This was how they Lost US$18.5 Million to Mr.
Hopwood.
This is a very recent story here in My country and everybody is aware of
this, some of the officials decided To cry out and face the law, because
they felt they had lost too much to a stranger, while the Chairman of
OMPADEC (Mr. Patrick Opia) is hiding in a foreign country.
So right now we are taking all precautionary measures to guard against
re-occurrence of such act in our case. This is why we have decided that
this transaction will be based completely on the following:
(a). Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.

(b). That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality.
(c). That upon receipt of the funds, you will promptly release our
share (70%) on demand after you have removed your 20% and all expenses have
been settled.
(d). You must be ready to produce us with enough information about
yourself to put our minds at rest.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free and we
hope to conclude the business in Seven Bank working days from the date of
receipt of the necessary information and requirement from you.
Acknowledge the receipt of this mail and your acceptance to work with us by getting
back to us urgently I will bring you into the complete picture of the transaction when I
have heard from you.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we are already
behind schedule . telfax 234-80-348-8601

Thank you and God bless.
Yours faithfully
Dr. Smith Chukwudike


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