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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: mrtimialaibe@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:27:21 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PARTICIPATORY=20FINANCIAL=20TRANSACTION?=

The President / C.E.O,

Sir,

PROPOSAL FOR PARTICIPATORY FINANCIAL TRANSACTION

My name is Mr.Timi Alaibe,director general finance and
administration, of the Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC). The NDDC was established in 1998 by the incumbent
government in Nigeria to harnes ecological development in
the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. But before I go
further, permit me to explain how I got your link since we
have never met before.

I got your contact address through a business site in the
internet and based on the information I gathered about your
company, I was convinced that you are the right person that
can do this business with me.
I have decided to be very brief considering the volatile
nature of information on the internet but I can assure you
that I shall furnish you with every details as we proceed.
My greatest worry is how I can convince you that this
proposal is not like other internet scams that you may have
experienced or heard before.

I have the sum of US$20.5Million to be transferred through
an overseas account upon proper application without any
risk whatsoever. I used my position as the direcetor
general for finance and administration
to get this fund by over-invoice of Contract award to a
consortium of foreign firm in 1999 for theconstructionof
the Eleme Petrochemical and Liquified Natural Gas
Plant in Port Harcourt,worth US$1.2 billion.

The contract has been executed and the contractor has been
paid in full. But this over-invoiced sum of US$20.5M has
being kept in a special account at a private commercial
bank here in Nigeria which I cannot disclose the
name now for security reasons until I hear from you.

Now I am ready to withdraw the fund but due to the nature
of accrual of this fund, the payment can only be made into
a foreign account and it has to be applied by a foreign
beneficiary since the contract was executed by a foreign
firm.

Therefore, I need your assistance to transfer this fund
into your account. You shall be compensated with 25% of the
fund, while 10% shall be used for the reimbursement of any
accidental expenses that we may incurred
during the course of transferring the fund into your
account. Then the remaining 65% is for me which I intend to
invest in your country through your assistance.

If you are interested in this business, please get back to
me urgently. However, it is very important you keep it
strictly confidential for now. As soon as I receive your
response, I will forward fund payment application
in your favour to the Commercial Bank for payment approval
into your account. This transaction will take us 21 working
days to accomplish.

I look forward for your urgent response.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Mr.Timi Alaibe
Email; timi_alaibe@corporation.net





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