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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: Anderson G Beljajev <trcbnn@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:26:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: BROTHERLY APPROACH / PLEASE REPLY

Dear Sir,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.

Through some discreet inquiries from Chambers of Commerce, you were revealed as being quite astute in private entrepreneurship. One has no doubt in your ability to handle a financial business of considerable amount, which will form a bedrock of an extensive business partnership in due course. In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you as a respected executive believing that you will handle uor transaction with all maturity and confidentiality it deserves. I am a member of Estonia Government Contract Award and Monitoring Committee in the Estonia National Petroleum Corporation (ENPC).

Sometime ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign firm by my committee in ENPC, This was done deliberately over-invoicing the contracts by my committee to benefit from the projects. We now desire to transfer the accrued amount which is in a Suspense Account with ENPC. We believe that you will handle this mutual benefits with us boldly while we present you with supporting legal documents as contractual beneficiary that participated in the concluded projects. Also, we believe that you will be pleased with 35% of the total amount as agreed disbursement ratio while the remaining 65% goes to my colleagues and myself which you will transfer to our receiving bank account here in Estonia at the successful conclusion of this transaction and retain your 35% as your reward for confidently handling this mutual benefits with us.

I would require from you as a matter of urgency the following:
1) Your company name (if any)
2) Your nature of business
3) Your full name
4) Your home address
5) Mobile phone number
6) Your fax number
6) Your Nationality
7) Your Marital Status
8) Attach any of your valid Identity card.

The above information would be used to make formal applications as a matter of procedure for the legalization of contract payment supporting documents in your favor. It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of the nature described here. The assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it out to other companies. More often than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution. We are civil servants and we will not want to miss this opportunity,we want this outstanding 39,200,000 USD to be transferred to a reliable account overseas for agreed disbursement ratio.

Please contact me immediately through my confidential email "agbeljajev@gmail.com" indicating your decision towards this mutual benefits. If you are not interested, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal without further delay as time is of essence in this business. We wait in anticipation of your fullest cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Engr. Anderson G Beljajev
Telephone: +372 068 27980
Email: agbeljajev@gmail.com

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