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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: mrsansa@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:19:46 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20INFORMATION=3A?=

DEAR FRIEND,

PLEASE READ THIS LETTER AND CONSIDER TO ASSIST ME AS I NEED YOUR SINCERE
ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION IN TRANSFERING THE SUM OF us$40m INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.MY
NAME IS IGOZINO BENSON THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (N.N.P.C).

MY PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERING THE
SUM OF $40 MILLION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLARS) INTO YOUR PERSONAL
OR CORPORATE ACCOUNT .FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN ANY PROFITABLE BUSINESS
IN YOUR COUNTRY.THE MONEY ITSELF AROSE FROM AN OVER ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE
AWARDED TO A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR BY THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PERTROLEUM CORPORATION
.

THE CONTRACT AS A WHOLE WAS AWARDED FOR TWO HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA DOLLARS ($210,000,000.00).THE REAL CONTRACT VALUE WAS
ONE HUNDERED AND SEVENTY MILLION USD (US
$170,000,000.00) WHICH HAS BEEN PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR.
RIGHT NOW,WE ARE LEFT WITH THIS OVER ESTIMATED BALANCE
($40,000,000.00)WHICH WERE ABLE TO RESCHEDULE WITHIN OUR CENTRAL BANK HERE
AWAITING TRANSFER INTO A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.

WE ARE THEREFORE,SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION IN TRANSFERING
THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS IT CAN ONLY BE PAID INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT
AS PAYMENT FOR A CONTRACT EXECUTED BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR.IN THIS REGARD,WE
WOULD REQUIRE YOUR COMPANY'S AND ADDRESS, ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND
YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS SO THAT WE WILL SEND THE CONTRACT
DOCUMENTS TO YOU AS THAT WILL ENABLE THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TO PAY
THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS TRANSACTION,YOU WILL TAKE 30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT
AS SOON AS THE MONEY IS TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,WHILE 5% SHALL BE FOR
ANY EXPENCES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THIS TRANSACTION AND 65% SHALL BE FOR
OUR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU WILL BE HONEST TO ME WHEN THIS MONEY
IS TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,PLEASE
KINDLY REPLY WITH THE INFORMATIONS REQUIRED SO THAT I WILL
SEND THE DOCUMENTS TO YOU IMMEDIATELY.

HOWEVER,YOU ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION CONFIDENTIAL CONSIDERING
OUR POSITION IN THE GOVERNMENT AS CIVIL SERVANTS.WE HAVE DONE THIS TYPE
OF TRANSACTION WITH SOME ONE IN THE PAST AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT OUR FOREIGN
PARTNER DISAPPEARED WITH OUR MONEY. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE HONEST TO US
WHEN THE FUND ($40,000,000,00) IS
TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS WE WANT TO ENTRUST THE MONEY INTO YOUR CUSTODY
FOR ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY .

I AM EXPECTING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
BEST REGARDS.
IGOZINO BENSON




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