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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: Nobert Bruno <nobertbruno@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:21 -0800
Subject: ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR

DEAR SIR/MADAM

REQUESTFOR ASSISTANCE- STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Our
Ref:NNPC/FRN/2011



I am Mr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, Group Managing Director Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation and also and accountant with Federal
Ministry of petroleum Resources (FMPR) and a member of a three-man
Tender Board in charge of contract review and payments approvals. I
came to know of you in my search for a reliable person to handle a
very confidential transactions that the transfers of a huge of money
to a foreign
account. It may sound strange but exercise patience and read on. There
were series of contracts executed by a consortium Multinational in the
Oil industry in favour of Ministry of Petroleum Resources among which
was

1. The extension of pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil,
Down stream products distribution and subsequent evacuation- US$195
Million

2. Contract for the Turn around Maintenance (TAM) of the various
refineries in the country~ US$ 152Million

3. The of the Kaduna Refinery, some contractors where paid their
contract while some has not been paid by the Nigerian Government.
where we head meeting


Why am writing you this mail, is for us to do this deal, because I
will be approving the of USD$9.5Million in your name and I want you to
act as one of the contractors owned by the Nigerian Government, I will
include your name in the file I will submit to the presidency for
approval and I am prepared to give you 40% of the total money after
this money is been transferred to your banks account Sir, if you are
willing to do this deal with me, kindly contact me via the telephone
numbers or email address above or via this alternative email address (
mohammedbarkindo62@yahoo.com.ph or mohammedbarkindo62@hotmail.com )
then I will now tell you the next step that we are going to follow and
what you need to send to me for me to start processing all the paper
works to back up the claim of this USD$9.5M Please don’t fail to
include your private contacts details.

Please destroy this letter, if you are not willing to do this deal
with me. I will be investing my own share of the money through your
guide lines in your country or if you have a
company, I prefer to go into partnership with you. So please treat
this deal with utmost confidentiality

Thanks

Yours Faithfully

Mr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo

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