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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: "Dr.Musa Ibrahim" <dr.musaibra@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr.musaibrahim.co@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:57:59 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend



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Dear Friend,

I’m Dr.Musa Ibrahim of the Accounts Department of Petroleum (Special) Trust
Fund (PTF) of National Oil Company (NOC) Lagos Nigeria, an institution
established to manage the proceeds from the sale of Petroleum products,
recommendation of first class technical experts for the reconstructions as
well as the application of the funds contract execution. My colleagues and
I are inclined to contact you and your group in view of a high-level
business (deal) that we want to strike with you.It is quite natural to be
surprised when somebody you do not know before contacts you, especially
when it comes to a business of this type. The choice of picking you for the
deal is based on satisfactory inquiries and reports that we gathered about
your person. The source of our information shall be disclosed to you in the
course of this transaction.

The deal came from an over-valued invoice of a contract executed in our
institution, PTF for the upgrading of facilities at the El-Brega
Refineries. The actual contract value was USD$40.5 Million but at the point
of approval, it was deliberately inflated to USD$70.8 Million, which was
approved as such. The contract has since been executed and the original
German contractor, Dresser GmbH has been paid the actual contract value of
USD$40.5 Million which is the only money due to him, leaving the
over-valued sum of USD$30.3 Million still hanging in our system unclaimed.
This is the deal and this is where we want you to come in.As employees
within the system, we have since perfected arrangement through which the
fund (USD$30.3 Million) can be transferred out. However, the only way this
can be done successfully is with the cooperation of an oversea partner. It
has to be so, because since it is a foreign denominated contract the
destination of the fund must be an oversea account, to avoid any suspicion
of any sort. Also we have perfected arrangements such that the routing of
the transfer will be erased from the systems so that there would be no
trace of the fund to you or to any of the parties involved, as soon as you
confirm the money in your account.

However, it is also very important to say that as somebody with integrity
and reputation, secrecy and absolute confidentiality is uttermost to me, as
I will not want to do anything that would tarnish my reputation. Thus, the
only condition under which the deal will be prosecuted is for it to be kept
in absolute secrecy and confidentiality. I just hope that you will give me
this all-important guarantee; otherwise there will be no need to start in
the first place. If this secrecy can be kept by you, then you will provide
us with some information to enable us obtain necessary approvals and
authorizations for the transfer of the fund.

Since it’s a deal, we intend all the parties involved to have commensurate
share of the fund when it gets to your account. While the sharing pattern
cannot be reached now, it is
our hope that it is something that would be finally agreed upon as we get
started. In the interim we propose as follows:

1. Me and my group 60%
2. Account owner (Yourself) 30%
3. Contingencies 10%

Contingencies in this context are defined as any cost that any of the
parties may incur in the course of the transaction; viz: Air tickets,
accommodation, bills etc.

We do not intend to bring back our entire share back to our country
immediately hence it will be placed under your management until we deem it
fit.

Your early response will be highly appreciated.

Dr.Musa Ibrahim
Tele: +2348020892382
E-Mail: dr.musaibrahim.co@outlook.com

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