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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: "Business" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:58:11 -0400
Subject: Urgent Proposal for Your

From: Anthony Madichie <reachlife_business11@outlook.com>

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Anthony Madichie , Secretary/Legal Adviser to the Corporation,

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. I have a business proposal

which involves $45m USD, (Forty Five Million United State dollars only).

Accrues from excess appropriation for the payment of fuel subsidy to the

Importers of the product. (United State dollars, not United States dollars,

huh? And, that last sentence? Completely unintelligible.)

However, You will be required to:

(A) Assist in the transfer of the said funds
(B) Advise on lucrative areas of investment
(C) Assist us in the proposed investment company.

After the successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of 30% for you

and 65% for us while 5% for expenses. If you will be interested please

contact me through my private email address so that I can give you more

information on how we would handle this project, so as to commence the

arrangements.

I look forward for your kind and positive response immediately.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Madichie
(Secretary/Legal Adviser to the Corporation)
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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