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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: "Richard Ego" <richardlego@presidency-drc.org>
Reply-To: richardlego@i12.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:35:58 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

DEAR SIR,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

WE ARE MEMBERS OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). THIS COMMITTEE WAS
COMMISSIONED BY THIS PRESENT GOVERMENT OF PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO DUE
TO CONTRACT SCAM TO THE TUNE OF US$2.3B(TWO BILLION, THREE HUNDRED MILLION
UNTED STATES DOLLARS)INVOLING THE IMMEDIATE PAST MINSTER TO REVIEW ALL THE
CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED DURING THE MINISTER’S TENURE .IT IS PRINCIPALLY
CHARGED WITH THE VERIFICATION OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED DURING THOSE PERIOD
WITH A VIEW TO DIFFERTIATING REAL CONTRACT FROM THE BOGUS ONES, VETT AND
MAKE THE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATION FOR PAYMENT.

CONSEQUENTLY,WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR
OURSELVES THE SUM OF THIRTY- ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS (US$31.5M). THIS AMOUNT WAS CAREFULLY MANIPULATED BY OVER-INVOICING
OF AN OLD CONTRACT.THEREFORE,BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED ABOUT YOU, WE
BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP OR FRONT FOR US IN TRANSFERING
THIS FUND (US$31.5M) INTO A SAFE ACCOUNT OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY SINCE IT IS AN
OFFENCE IN MY COUNTRY FOR ANY GOVERMENT OFFICIAL TO OWN A FOREIGN BANK
ACCOUNT .

MOREOVER, IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 60% AS THE
INITIATORS AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES INCURRED IN THIS
TRANSACTION.

ALL MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND ONCE
STARTED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN SEVEN (7) WORKING DAYS, WITH YOUR FULL
SUPPORT. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.BE REST ASSURED OF SUCCESS.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US ONLY BY EMAIL TO ENABLE US
GIVE FULL DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY
IMPORTANT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

RICHARD .L EGO
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