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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: Richard Moore <richmoorecl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 13:05:16 +0100
Subject: NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.


NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION {NNPC}, NIGERIA
CONTRACT NUMBER {NNPD/FGN/0276CONFILE0067
1998-2000.

DEAR SIR,

It is with trust and confidence that I write this urgent business
assistance to you. I am a senior accountant with the Nigerian national
petroleum corporation (NNPC) .I have been assigned by two of my colleagues
to seek for a trust worthy foreign partner who will assist us in the
transfer of the sum of U.S$48,000,000.00(forty eight million us dollars)
only into a safe foreign account pending on our arrival in your country for
sharing and utilization of the fund with the owner of the account.

On the 20th of January 1998 our corporation, the Nigerian national
petroleum corporation (NNPC), awarded a contract of U.S$168, 000, 000, 00
(one hundred and sixty eight million United States dollars) only, to a
foreign firm for the supply of some equipment at the Kaduna refinery. The
actual contract value was U.S$120, 000, 000, 00 (one hundred and twenty
million United States dollars) only. But I and my colleagues being members
of the contract awarding committee over-inflated the contract to the tune
of S168,000,000.00 (one hundred and sixty eight million united states
dollars) only, with the intention of sharing the remaining balance
US$48,000,000.00 (forty eight million United States dollars) only among
ourselves.

The contract has been successfully executed and the actual contractors had
been paid their S$120,000,000.00 (one hundred and twenty million United
States dollars) in full leaving a balance of $48,000,000.00 which we now
want to transfer out of the country in our favor for disbursement among
ourselves. Meanwhile I and two of my colleagues have agreed that if
you/your company can act as the beneficiary of this fund $48,000,000.00),
you will retain 30% of the total fund, for the assistance rendered, while
we would retain 60% of the total and the balance of 10% of the total fund
will be set aside for the off-setting 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; 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 and have worked out all the
modalities for a smooth transfer of this fund to your chosen designated
account before contacting you .We would therefore not want you to expose
this proposal to any body for the purpose of security and its confidential
nature. Please is rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk-free. If
this proposal is acceptable by you, please contact me through my personal
e-mail address for further information on this transaction. Note that the
particular nature of your company’s business is irrelevant to this
transaction. Please your favorable reply is urgently needed. This
information is highly confidential and urgent.

Best regards
Dr. Richard Moore.

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