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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: hondralahjiahmad2005@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 01:36:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ASSISTANT=20PLEASE?=

FROM:The desk of: Engr. Funsho Moses KUPOLOKUN
Executive Director/Financial Controller
National Petroleum Corporation(NPC)
Falomo Office Annex.
engr_moses2004@yahoo.com,
engr_moses2005@yahoo.com,
engr_moses@inbox.lv

URGENT ASSISTANT...

I am the financial controller of National Petroleum Corporation (NPC).
I got your Contact address from an associate working with the National Export
Promotion Council . I and my colleagues are
ministry officials in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation(NPC).We
are seeking your
assistance to transfer of Forty Two Million(US$42,000,000.00) to your account
for further private
investment.

This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract amount for the construction
of an Oil Refinery Sub-stations in 1995 to expatriate companies.Thecontract
was originally valued for one Hundred and
Twenty Seven Million United States Dollar US$127,000,000.00) but we manipulated
the figure to
read one Hundred and Sixty Nine Million United States Dollars($169,000,000.00)
The extra $42,000,000.00 is what we want to transfer to your account.

This contract has been completely executed and the original contractors
have been paid all their contract bills less this $42,000,000.00 For your
assistance, we have agreed to remunerate you with 40% because it is impossible
for us to claim the amount here in our Country without foreign collaboration.
5% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by either
party during this business, and 55% for my colleagues and myself.

It may interest you to know that four years ago, a similar transaction was
carried out with one Mr.
Patrice Miller, the President of Craine International Trading Corporation
at number 135 East 57th Street,28th floor,New York.10022 with Tel: 212-308-7788
and TLX number 6731689. Mr. Patrice disappeared into thin air when he received
the money. His Telephone and Telex numbers had been reallocated to other
users by the time we arrived New York for our share. This explains exactly
why we will make a concrete agreement between you and us, should you be
willing to assist in
this deal.

All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of this money
have been worked out. This transaction is 100% risk free but rquires 100
percent confidentiality.This is a golden opportunity which must not be allowed
to slip out of any careless acts and utterances. We chose you for this transaction
because we believe that good friends can be discovered and businesses such
as this cannot be realized without trust. You can be rest assured that your
security has been considered before you were contacted.

Please write me at my alternate email address: engr_moses2004@yahoo.com,
engr_moses2005@yahoo.com,
engr_moses@inbox.lv

Thanks and best regards in anticipation of your
response.
Best Regards,
FROM:The desk of: Engr. Funsho Moses KUPOLOKUN
Executive Director/Financial Controller
National Petroleum Corporation(NPC)
Falomo Office Annex.
engr_moses2004@yahoo.com,
engr_moses2005@yahoo.com,
engr_moses@inbox.lv





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