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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: kenubah@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:34:58 -0700
Subject: RE: NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG) RELPY NEEDED..


NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIANNATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION) PLOT 128
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE,ABUJA-NIGERIA. SUBJECT: TEN MILLION (US$10,000,000.00)
DOLLARSTRANSFER

DEAR SIR,

DEAR. THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST
TO GET AN HONEST AND TRUSTWHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

I AM MRS.JAGUN FALILAT,A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL
GAS (NLNG). I HAVE ATOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS, WHICH I
WANT TO TRANSFER TOA FOREIGN, ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. THE MONEY
ACCRUED AS ARESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION! OF THE SECOND
PHASE OFTHE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY-PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL SERVANT
INNIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT. I WILL OFFERYOU
20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND WILL
BE TRANSFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR TRANSACTION
OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN-MRS.KONAMI
YAMAMOTO WITH PHONE
NUMBER:81-9085437498. WHEN THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFERED INTO HER BANK
ACCOUNT IN JAPAN, SHE SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING
MY OWN SHARE. HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY
AND TRANSPARENCY IS OF HIGH DEMAND. HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS,
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH
THIS EMAIL ( joh_hackett@yahoo.co.uk ).

YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER,
COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT AND PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY SO THAT WE WILL
HAVE PHONE DISCUSSION.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

THANKS.YOURS TRULY,
MR. JOHN HACKETT.
EMAIL:joh_hackett@yahoo.co.uk


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