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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. DAVE OWOLABI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dowolabi@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:20:32 +1200
Subject: FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE

FROM THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)

DR. DAVE OWOLABI.



DEAR FRIEND,



THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT I WANT YOU TO KINDLY TREAT IT AS AN IMPORTANT AFFAIR.



MY NAME IS DR. DAVE OWOLABI, THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). INEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY (US$118,000.000.00).



THIS MONEY IS NOW DEPOSITED IN THE NNPC TREASURY ACCOUNT WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. THE SUM AROSE FROM THE DELIBERATE OVER-INVOICING OF A CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE NNPC TO A FOREIGN FIRMFOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PLANT (LNG) IN BONNY, SOUTHERNNIGERIA FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO.



THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXECUTED, COMMISSIONED AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT HANDLED THIS CONTRACT HAS COLLECTED HIS FINAL PAYMENT; THUS LEAVING BEHIND THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT WHICH REPRESENTS THE OVER INVOICED SUM, HOWEVER, THE CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU (CIVILSERVANTS LAWS) DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OWN AND OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT, THEREFORE,I NEEDED A FOREIGN PARTNER THAT WILL PRESENT HIMSELF AS THE SUB-CONTRACTOR BY PROVIDING HIS BANK PARTICULARS SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE ACCOUNT.



I WILL NEED YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONEAND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS,NOTE THAT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE TAKE-OFF OF THIS TRANSACTION HAS BEEN WORKED OUT AND FURTHER ACTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU, I SOLICIT FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME.



FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS TRANSACTION I WILL BE VERY PLEASED TO GIVE YOU A SHARE OF 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM,75% FOR ME AND MY TWO COLLEAGUES;



IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST US IN THIS TRANSACTION PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INTEREST WITH OUT DELAY BY CALLING ME ON MY DIRECT PHONE: +234 8022 355 000 .



YOURS TRULY,



DR. DAVE OWOLABI

CONFIDENTIAL SATELLITE FAX LINES:+870 763 592 091 OR +870 762 748 687.

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