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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: godwinume@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:29:55 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASSISTANCE?=

Dear Sir,

TRANSFER OF US$14,600,000.00 (FOURTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.DOLLARS
ONLY )

I am extending this proposal to you in my capacity as Chief Accountant
and of the Review/Audit Committee scrutinising all records covering executed
contracts Awarded by Previous Military Government in Nigeria. My colleagues
and I have uncovered a floating amount of US$14.600Million without a clear
Beneficiary owing to a deliberate act of Over-invoicing and illegal inflation
of contract value by corrupt Government Officials.

This money have already been approved for payment by Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and is secured under Contract No: FGN/NNPC/022/WR/98.
As top Civil Servants, We are not authorised to operate Foreign Bank Account
and this is why we want to use your bank Account to transfer this money
outside Nigeria. We have accepted you as our Foreign Parnter and will regularise
the approvals to reflect you as the true beneficiary under the Contract.

We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance.
If you are interested in this deal, please contact me immediately you receive
this message through my direct E-mail.I can be reached via my email for
confidential reasons.
I am anxiously waiting for your urgent response for me to furnish you with
more details.
Yours sincerely,

DR. Godwin Ume.
Pls.reply through my private email add:godwinume@myway.com



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