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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: "R. Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dpartmentinvestigation@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 16:54:41 -0700
Subject: Details for payment.


CONTRACT #: 216/SCL/16-239/DRM/009
Finance Department.

>From the office of Mr.Robert Miller
Financial Director,
Re: US$32.6Million 14 days Transfer.

Dear Friend.

I am Mr.Robert Miller, Financial Director of one of the famous oil companies in my country, since my assumption of office, I have been able to offset the Overdue Contract sums worth (USD$106 MILLION) owed by our company(Anonymous for security reasons) to Foreign contractors in the past years.

In the process of these payments I discovered through investigation that my predecessor was about to move the above-mentioned sum, but was unable to conclude the transaction before he was removed out of office. I kept this within myself and I requested for the bank code change, this was done successfully through my contact person in the bank for my predecessor not to have access to the bank information.

The fund originated from the balance of over-invoiced sum which had been paid and Inflated contracts of which the principal sum had been paid to foreign contractors that executed the contract some years ago.
This fund is now floating in a suspense account of the bank and will be moved by electronic telegraphic transfer within 14 working days in another way bank transfer of perfection of your account coordinates, I have concluded all necessary Arrangements to move this fund out,hence contacting you on this issue became imperative owing to the fact that my contact person in the bank advised that the transfer cannot be effected without a second party involved.

Therefore, what is required from you is trust and honesty, no further documentation; just to change the ownership to your name. I will forward an account where my share will be further transferred to, when the money reaches your bank. At the moment I can only give information that are reasonable to assist the transaction without jeopardizing my personal effort on this transaction or indicting me in my office.

You can email now with your details to indicate your willingness.Thanks in advance for a mutual and fruitful business proposal.

1 Your Full Names/ Address:
2, Your telephone Number:
3, Profession:
4, Age/Sex:
5, Marital Status:

Regards,
Mr.Robert Miller.
Finance Director.

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