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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: "STOCK EXCHANGE DIRECTOR" <sussan@senatecommitteeonalliedpayment.com>
Reply-To: ahmedrafik1000@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 01:42:40 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HAND THIS pls?

I am Chief Ussan Benard management consultant in
the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), I am a
member of the Tenders Board a Committee in charge of
Contract Award and Payment Approvals (CAPA). I got
your contact during my quest for a reliable and
reputable person to handle a very confidential
transaction, which involve the transfer of a huge sum
of money to a foreign account.There were series of
contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of the (DPR) among which
were;

The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria for
crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation. – USD$2 Billion.

Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) at the
various Refineries in the country.
The construction of storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Deports) – USD$94 Million.

The original valueof these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced to the tune to Thirty-six
Million, Five Hundred and Sixty-one Thousand United
States Dollars (USD$36,561,000.00) which has recently
been approved and now ready to be transferred.

However, the companies that actually executed the
aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the
project officially commissioned.Consequently,
mycolleague and I are willing to transfer the total
amount to your company’s subsequent for disbursement,
since we as a serving civil servants are prohibited in
the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from
opening or operating foreign accounts , own or
register a company in our name.

Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 23% of the transferred
sum, while 65% for me and my colleague then the
remaining 0. 2% shall be set aside for any expenses
during the course of this transaction e.g. my
telephone and your telephone expense, transportation
Administrative dues etc. for this everybody will have
to record every expenses he incurred for subsequent
refund from the 2%.

You must however NOTE that this
transaction is subject to the following terms and
conditions. Our conviction of your transparency
honesty and diligence, that you must accord this
transaction with utmost confidentiality and secrecy.
For us to commence this transaction, the following
are needed:-

Your company or private bank particulars where you
want this fund remitted. This must include the
address, telephone, fax and telex number of the bank.
Your company’s name, address, telephone and fax
number. I also need you private phone and fax line for
easy communication.

With the above two requirements, we will lodge in
application/claim for the approved of the
$36,561,000.00 in your company’s name as the
beneficiary and that will facilitate the release of
the fund within 72 hours upon its approval by the
Releasing Authority (CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) to your
provided Bank account

Modalities have been worked out at the highest level
of the Ministry of Finance, Central bank of Nigeria
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 6-8
working days subject to your satisfaction of the above
stated terms. Our assurance is that there is no risk involved with
your role in the transaction.
To accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and
for mutual security of the funds, the whole approval
procedures shall be legally processed with your name
or any company you may nominate as the bonafide
beneficiary of the funds.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 15 years of meritorious service to my country, I
am very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore bet treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite action as
we are well behind scheduled to enable us include this
transfer in this 2005 fiscal year contractual payments.
Do confirm your interest with a return E-mail and I
shall send you the specimen text of the Application
for claim and direct on whom to fill and return it to
for approval.

Note: Upon your acceptance of this transaction, bear
in mind that you might be require to give is all the
necessary support on your own side if need be that may
assist to facilitate quick and smooth transfer of this
fund into provided bank account, for us all,
this is very important.

Finally, for the purpose of identification,
familiarization and better understanding may we need
to arrange for a meeting or in alternative there will
be need for us to exchange our first page of our
international passport and pictures. This will also
help us to have more confidence in each other and to
remove fear since the transaction involve huge sum.
Once again honesty, confidentiality, trust and full
co-operation is needed in this transaction so that we
can achieve success within few days.

YoursTruly,
ALIU MUSA


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