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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: "kayode" <kayodenaiyuju@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: kayodenaiyuju01@yahoo.com.au
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 01:09:43 +0100
Subject: ATTN NEEDED!!!

Attn;

First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in the
transaction. To intimate you further, we are top officials
of the new civilian administration Committee on Petroleum
Trust Fund (PTF), who are interested in the importation of
goods into our country with funds, which are presently
trapped in my country. In order to actualize this dream, we
seek your assistance to transfer the said-trapped fund into
an interest bearing account which you have absolute control
over in your country or a third country other than Nigeria.

The new civilian administration of General Olusegun
Obasanjo (rtd) set-up this committee specifically to review
all contracts awarded/executed for the Petroleum Trust Fund
(PTF) to determine their propriety and relevance in the
light of the country's current economic and political
realities. We have identified a lot of inflated contract
fund that are presently floating in our Apex Bank. At this
moment we have worked out modalities within
ourselves, and some acquaintances at the Apex Bank, the
Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N.), to divert the sum of
US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve million United States Dollars)
only, for our personal use. However, by virtue of our
positions as Civil Servants and members of the Trust Fund,
we cannot acquire this money in our names. Consequently, I
was delegated by my colleagues as a matter of trust to look
for an overseas partner into whose account we can transfer
this sum of money, hence this letter to you.

Furthermore, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer
the total sum into your account for disbursement. Your
areas of specialization is not a hindrance to the
successful execution of this transaction and the
account required for this project can either be PERSONAL or
COMPANY account which you have total control over. Needless
to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is
enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 15% of
this sum, 80% for us officials while 5% shall be set aside
for incidental expenses between the parties in the course
of this transaction. You must however note that this
transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions: -

(a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
(b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost
secrecy and confidentiality.
(c) That the funds would be transferred to an account where
you have absolute control over.Note that everything however
dep! ends on your response to conditions A and C above.

Modalities have been worked out to the highest level for
the immediate transfer of the funds within 14 working days
subject to your satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our
assurance is that your role is RISK FREE. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual
security of the funds, the whole approval procedures will
be officially and legally processed with your name or the
name of any company you may nominate as the bona-fide
beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put over 23
years in the civil service of my country, I am averse to
having my image, and career dented. This matter should be
treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite
action as we are behind schedule to enable us include this
transfer in this batch of payments to foreign contractors
as payments is usually carried out on quarterly basis.
Contact me immediately you receive this mail so that we can
proceed with this transaction at once, providing me with
your own private telephone number in your response so that
I may call you and we can then discuss better and I will
then also bring you into the complete picture of this
transaction. It is very important that you do this please.
Thank you very much and I await your urgent response to
this message. I will advice that you treat this mail as
urgent and important as this is a serious matter and should
be handled as such. God bless you immensely and thank you.

I await your urgent response to this mail.


Yours faithfully,

KAYODE NAIYUJU.

___________________________________________________________

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