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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: Babalola Ibrahim <edu2@hasaedu.gov.sa>
Reply-To: <babalolaibrahim55@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 05:46:04 -0700
Subject: EXTREMELY URGENT!!!

FROM THE DESK OF: THE CHAIRMAN 
CONTRACT TENDERS BOARD F.M.A
 
Dear,
 
 
It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this business proposal to you, I was assigned by two of my colleagues to seek for a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient Bank account in a designated Bank overseas for the transfer of US$107,000,000.00, pending our arrival in your country for utilization and disbursement of the fund with the owner of the account.
 
I am Mr. Ibrahim Babalola the Chairman, Contract Tenders Board of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria West Africa, on 25th January 2006, our Ministry awarded a contract of US$1.2 billion, but my colleagues and I being members of the Contract award Committee over inflated the contract to the tune of US$1.307 billion, with the intention of sharing the remaining balance of US$107 million amongst ourselves. The Contract has been successfully executed and the actual contractors have been paid their US$ 1.2 billion only in full, leaving a balance of US$107 million which we now want to transfer out of the country, making it look as if the payment for the contract has been completed, since we as Government Officials are not permitted by Law to operate Foreign bank accounts and secondly, we cannot collect the money from the source because the contract was undertaken by a foreign firm.
 
My colleagues and I have agreed if you can act as the beneficiary of this fund we will transfer the money to any of your nominated Bank account and you will retain 25% of the total fund for the assistance rendered by you while we retain 65% of the total fund, and the balance of 10% will be set aside for the offsetting of all expenses that might be incurred by both parties during the fund transfer process. We are requesting you to co-operate with us and provide a convenient account number in a designated bank where this fund can be safely transferred into since this is our only chance of making something for ourselves after many years of service, We intend to come over there on the completion of the fund transfer to secure our own share of the fund.
 
Please note that we have been careful worked out all the modalities for a smooth transfer of the fund to your chosen Bank account before contacting you, We would therefore not want you to expose this proposal to anybody for the purpose of security and its confidential nature, We also believe you that will not sit on our money when it is eventually transferred into your account, as You would get 25% of the fund.
 
Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, and the nature of your business has nothing to do with it, If this proposal is accepted by you, please indicate your interest by contacting us through my email address and sending us your Account number in a designated bank, Address of the bank, your full IDENTIFICATION, your private Telephone, Fax and mobile numbers.
 
Best regards. 
 
Mr. Ibrahim Babalola.
THE CHAIRMAN, TENDERS BOARD,F.M.A.
Call me on my Direct Phone: +2347091052848
 

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