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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: "DR.BEN UDO" <benudo212@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: drbenudo78@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 04:41:32 -0700
Subject: DEAR SIR,

DEAR SIR,


TRANSFER OF USD28,500,000.00(TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITEDSTATES
DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.

I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as Chief Accountantand
full agreement with the Auditor-General of this Company (Nigeria Liquefied
Natural Gas).We scruintinised all records and the accounts of awarded and
executed contracts of this company (NLNG) during the previous military
regime, since the inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully uncover
and mapped out a whooping sum USD $28.5m which we want to transfer to
your account as the beneficiary. It might interest you to know that beginning
of this current civilian government at a working asset capital of USD 3billion
and will definitely gulp more USD 2 billion on the completion of the fifty
part. You can authentically apply for supply if it interests you to be
ourclient with full guarantee from me.

The money $28.5m has been approved for payment by this company NLNG, the
Federal Ministry Finance (endorsed by the Accountant General of the Federation)
and to be paid by the Apex bank of Nigeria. Under contract number, NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99.
As top civil servants, we are notn allowed to operate foreign bank accounts
hence our decision to use your account infull trust and confidence to transfer
this money outside Nigeria. We have accepted you as our foreign
partner and will regularize and update the approvals to reflect you as true
beneficiary
of the contract sum USD$28.5m (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require
much engagements since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity.We
have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If you
are interested in this deal, please contact me through my email.Address
above for more likely information. Remember to give me your phone number
and your fax lines through whichcansend you approved document for your perusal.I
am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you will understand
the confidential nature of this transaction.Please do response to this
email(ben6udo2@yahoo.co.uk)


Best regards,

Dr.Ben Udo

___________________________________________________________

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