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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: churchillaspanda@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:22:22 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?please=20consider=20this=20vital=20confidential=20matter=2E?=



PLEASE CONSIDER THIS VITAL CONFIDENTIAL DEAL.


DEAREST IN NEED,
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL & ENERGY (DME).,WHERE I WORK AS A DIRECTOR
OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND WITH THE GOOD
COOPERATION OF FOU OTHER TOP OFFICIALS, WE HAVE IN OUR
POSSESSION AS OVER DUE PAYMENT BILLS, TOTALING THIRTYMILLION,FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$30,500,000) WHICH WE WANT TO TRANSFER
ABROAD WITH
THE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION OF A FOREIGN COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE
THE SAID FUNDS ON OUR BEHALF.


MORE SO, WE ARE HANDICAP IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AS
THE NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICES CODE OF CONDUCT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OPERATE
AN OFFSHORE ACCOUNT. HENCE YOUR IMPORTANCE IN THIS TRANSACTION THIS AMOUNT
$30.5MILLION REPRESENTS THE BALANCE OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE EXECUTED
ON BEHALF OF MY DEPARTMENT BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTING FIRM, WHICH WE THE
OFFICIALS OVER INVOICED DELIBERATELY.


THOUGH THE ACTUAL CONTRACT COST HAS BEEN PAID TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR,
LEAVING THE BALANCE IN THE TUNE OF THE SAID AMOUNT, WHICH WE HAVE IN PRINCIPLES
GOTTEN APPROVAL TO REMIT BY KEY TESTED TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER K.T.T. TO ANY
FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT YOU WILL PROVIDE BY FILLING AN APPLICATION THROUGH
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HERE IN NIGERIA, FOR THE TRANSFER OF
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE FORMER CONTRACTOR TO YOU.


I HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF MY PARTNERS INVOLVED TO PROPOSE THAT YOU SHOULD
BE WILLING TO ASSIST US IN THIS TRANSACTION, YOUR SHARE OF THE SUM IS
30% OF THE $30.5 MILLION, 60% FOR US AND 10% FOR TAXATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
EXPENSES. THE TRANSACTION IT SELF IS 100% SAFE, ON YOUR PART PROVIDED YOU
TREATS IT WITH
UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.

ALSO, YOUR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION IS NOT A HINDRANCE TO THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION
OF THIS TRANSACTION. I HAVE REPOSED MY CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND HOPE THAT
YOU WILL NOT DISAPPOINT ME. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT MY PARTNER AND MYSELF
ARE IN THE POSITION TO MAKE THE PAYMENT OF THIS CLAIM POSSIBLE, PROVIDED
THAT YOU CAN GIVE US A VERY STRONG ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE THAT
THE FUNDS WILL BE SECURED AND PLEASE,

REMEMBER TO
TREAT THIS MATTER VERY CONFIDENTIAL, BECAUSE WE WILL NOT COMPREHEND WITH
ANY FORM OF EXPOSURE AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE GOVERNMENT SERVICE .ONCE
AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT TIME IS OF GREAT ESSENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION.

I WAIT IN ANTICIPATION YOUR RESPONSE.

DR CHURCHILL ASPANDA.
churchillaspanda@yahoo.co.uk




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