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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: daniel.etiabet@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:54:34 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?urgent=20assistant?=

Dr DANIEL ETIABET
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
HEAD OFFICE: #3 ABUBAKA WAY GARKI ABUJA
PRIVATE EMAIL;daniel_etiabet@yahoo.co.uk
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
REQUEST FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

ATTENTION: PRESIDENT. DEAR SIR
.WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE EMBARRASSMENT WHICH MY MAIL MAY CAUSE YOU AS WE
DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER EARLIER, I DO HEREBY WISH FORMALLY TO INTRODUCE
MY HUMBLE SELF. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
FINANCE.IN MARCH 2003, I WAS APPOINTED TO HEAD A SEVEN-MAN CONTRACT REVIEW
PANEL TO REVIEW THE CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION (NNPC).OUR JOB WAS TO RESOLVE THE DISCREPANCIES IN THE CONTRACTS
AWARDED BY NNPC BETWEEN JANUARY 1998 TO DECEMBER 2002 AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR STUDY, WE DISCOVERED
AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT A STAGGERING SUM OF TWENTY ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$21,500.000) MEANT TO BE PAID TO A CERTAIN
CONTRACTOR IS STILL FLOATING IN THE VAULT OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
(C.B.N) UNCLAIMED. UPON A MORE CAREFUL INVESTIGATION, WE DISCOVERED THAT
THIS SUM OF MONEY WAS AS A RESULT OF AN OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT. THE ORIGINAL
CONTRACTORS HAVE SINCE BEEN PAID IN FULL. WHEN INTERVIEWED, THE PROJECT
DIRECTOR AND THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OF (NNPC) CONFIRMED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE
THAT THEY DELIBERATELY OVER-INVOICED THE CONTRACT WITH THE INTENTION TO
TRANSFER AND USE THE MONEY.NOW WE HAVE TEAMED UP WITH THE PROJECT DIRECTOR
AND THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, AND I HAVE THEIR CONSENT AND AUTHORITY TO REQUEST
AND ARRANGE WITH YOU FOR A POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
FOR OUR PERSONAL USE. .ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TO PRESENT YOU AS THE ORIGINAL
CONTRACTOR AND BASED ON THAT, WE APPLY OFFICIALLY FOR THE CONTRACT FEE.
I WILL GIVE YOU FURTHER DETAILS IN OUR SUBSEQUENT CORRESPONDENCE, AND PLEASE
LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT NO ILEGAL STRING IS ATTACHED ON YOU IN THIS BUSINESS.
AFTER THE TRANSFER, THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED IN THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS:
1. NIGERIAN PARTNERS 60%
2. FOREIGN PARTNERS (OWNER OF ACCOUNT) 30%
3. CONTINGENCIES 10% ALL WE WANT FROM YOU IS TO TREAT THIS BUSINESS AS STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL, CONTACT ME AT ONCE ON MY E-MAIL FOR FURTHER DETAILS. HOWEVER,
IF FOR ANY REASON YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH US ALSO INFORM
ME IMMEDIATELY. I COUNT ON YOUR CO-OPERATION.

BEST REGARDS.

Dr:Daniel Etiabet



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