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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: "JOHNZIKAS BUSINESS" <j_okonta313@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: johnzikas1@katamail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:59:22 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS GOOD

BUSINESS GOOD
NIGERIAN PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY
13 LYCH STREET, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
Contact email: johnzikas@katamail.com or zikzik@fastermail.com
telephone number:234-80-28439003 call me

Attn: The President/ Managing Director.

Dear Sir,


Re: Urgent/ Confidential Transfer Of Funds.

I am Mr. John Zikas, a director of the contracts award and review Department
with the Nigeria Petroleum Refining Company. (NPRC). I am contacting you
on this business of transferring the sum of Twenty Million United States
Dollars ($20M)) into a safe foreign account and the need is very urgent.

I got your contact from your country's business Directory and it is with
business trust that made me to contact you on this matter. I write to solicit
for your assistance to receive this money on my behalf. A consortium of
foreign contractors generated this money from an over invoice contract sum
for contracts that were executed in my corporation (NPRC). I am contacting
you to assist me transfer and receive this money because as a civil servant,
I an not permitted to own foreign accounts due to civil service code of
conduct here in my country Nigeria . Also the fund must be transferred abroad
because foreign contractor executed the contracts originally.

After the transfer is done, 25% of this sum would be for you as compensation
for your assistance in transferring this money, 5% would be used to reimburse
the expenses made during the processing of the transfer by both parties,
while 70% is for me.

I will arrange to travel to meet with you immediately after the successful
conclusion of the transfer; the 75% share of mine will be used for investment
overseas.

If you are interested I will require your banking information as mentioned
below:

1. Name to be used as the beneficiary and beneficiary's address
2. Your private and confidential telephone and fax number (s)
3. Your bank name, bank address, bank telephone and fax number(s)
4. Or if you are comfortable with providing you existing account, you can

within the shortest possible time, confidentially open an entirely new (virgin)
account for the transaction.

I hope to conclude this business within the next 14 working days. Looking
forward to your anticipated and urgent positive response. , it would be
best to respond by my email or phone above.

I encourage you to maintain absolute confidentiality over the transaction
for
our mutual benefit.

Best regards,


Mr. John Zikas


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