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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: gregida@tiscali.it
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:22:19 +0100
Subject: Strictly personal

FROM: DR GREG IDA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

STRICTLY PERSONAL

I AM DR.GREG IDA, PRESENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IN THE FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. I HAVE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL
TRANSACTION I WILL LIKE YOU TO HANDLE FOR ME. I CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT AN
ASSOCIATE LIKE YOU BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN GOVERNMENT.

I PRESENTLY HAVE AN OVER INVOICED CONTRACT PAYMENT OF US$38.5M (THIRTY
EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH HAS
REMAINED UNCLAIMED SINCE 1997. MY SUPERIORS IN THE PRESENDENCY HAVE MANDATED
ME TO SEEK FOR A GOOD FOREIGN ASSOCIATE IN WHOSE ACCOUNT THIS MONEY WILL
BE TRANSFERRED. I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT YOU
CAN BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO US. I AM REQUESTING FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING
AND CO-OPERATION.

WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE AS CIVIL SERVANT WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO
OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS, HENCE WE NEED A FOREIGNER TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT
OF THIS COUNTRY. MY SUPERIORS CAN GUARANTEE FORMAL APPROVAL FOR THIS FUND
TO BEPAID TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM YOU. I WILL
NEED FROM YOU ARE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHEN RESPONDING:

(1) A BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER WHERE YOU WILL LIKE THE MONEY TO BE
TRANSFERRED.
(2)YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS
(3) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
US.

I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX, DETAILS OF ARRANGEMENT ALREADY PUT IN PLACE FOR
A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THIS TRANSACTION AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR POSITIVE
RESPONSE. YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY AT A SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSION OF THE TRANSACTION. 10% WILL COVER ALL MISCALLANEOUS EXPENSES
WE MAY INCUR BOTH HERE AND IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I COUNT ON YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST AND I EXPECT ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. PLEASE RESPOND STRICTLY TO MY PRIVATE MAIL ADDRESS
gregida@zonai.com

BEST REGARDS,
DR. GREG IDA.



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