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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: abraham amarachu <abamaracc@ultapulta.com>
Reply-To: chukwuka@web-mail.com.ar
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 03:12:40 -0600
Subject: PROJECT

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND TOURISM.

FROM: THE DESK OF DR.ABRAHAM AMARACHUKWU.

Alternative email:chukwuka@web-mail.com.ar.

Dear Sir,

TRANSFER OF US$20MILLION INTO A PERSONAL/COMPANY’S OFFSHORE ACCOUNT.

May I respectfully invite your kind attention to the above subject matter and to state that based on information gathered from the relevant Federal Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Tourism, we, intend to solicit your assistance in the execution of a business transaction. It is our sincere conviction that you will handle this transaction with absolute confidentiality, maturity and utmost sense of purpose.
I wish to further inform you that we have twenty Million U.S. Dollars(US$20M) which accrued overtime from deliberately inflated contract awarded in my Ministry (Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources) and executed by a consortium of multinationals in the Oil Industry. The projects executed include the following:
1. The expansion of pipeline network within Nigeria for Crude Oil and Downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation.
2. Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the three Refineries In the country.
3. The construction of storage tanks for Petroleum Products (Depots).

Consequently, we humbly request your gracious assistance and permission towards the remittance of the above stated amount into a personal/company/offshore account nominated by you.

We propose tentatively that you will receive 30% of the total sum, and the remaining 70% is for my colleagues and me.
However, this is negotiable in the event of your willingness to assist.

Could you please notify me of your acceptance to carry out this transaction urgently by email email
addresses:chukwuka@web-mail.com.ar only, on the receipt of this message. I shall in turn inform you of the modalities for a formal application to secure the necessary approvals for the release of this fund into your account.

This transaction from the day of commencement will not take more than ten(10) working days.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours sincerely

Dr.Abraham Amarachukwu








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