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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: "taylor smith" <taylor@smmith2.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:18:53 +0000
Subject: URGENT

Gidain Isa Way,
Plot 2104,
Moshood Abiola Road,
Area 10,
Gariki,Abuja.

We are staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation[N.N.P.C.]
Due to an over- invoiced amount of US$68.mn[sixty-eight million
dollars] the establishment only knows about the US$30.mn[thirty
million dollars] required to pay up staff expenses but we have succeeded in
concealing the remaining amount US$38.mn [thirty-eight million dollars]
still floating in the account undetected to be equally shared amongst
ourselves.

But the problem we are presently experiencing is a very safe foreign
account into which this funds should be transfered urgently so that
one of us can then come over to the country where the account is domicile to
collect what is due to us.

Here is the sharing formular:

1. 30% goes to the account owner

2. 60%for us the owners of the money

3. 10% to be expended on whatever expenses incurred in the process of
the entire transaction.

Are you a trustworthy person?Please, we are very particular about the
integrity and honesty of any prospective person we would have this
transaction with because in 2001 we had a similar transaction with an
Australian businessman named Mr.Charles Crowda and everything went
pretty smooth until the funds US$20.mn [twenty million dollars] got
into his account and he just disappeared to this day.We were all
heart-broken by
the experience because it was a divastating one.This was how the first
opportunity to successfully transfer the funds into a foreign safe
account failed.

For this reason we are now very committed to knowing the character of
anyone we are dealing with this time around.

We will also like to emphasise here that this transaction is completely
risk-free.There is nothing absolutely to fear as we have taken care of
every loopehole that might have cropped up for easy,safe and prompt
transaction so that at the end of the day all parties would be
satisfied.

Of utmost importance too is the dire need to keep the entire
transaction as confidential as possible owing to the fact that we are
still serving officers of the N.N.P.C. and have put in nearly 24-years in
service and are due for retirement anytime from now so any leakage of this
information could put to a sad halt and indeed an end to all the years we
have put
in service to our country.

This transaction with your help would give us and our families a better
and comfortable life in retirement.

We also hope that you would be happy doing business with us as we are
thinking of investing part of our share of the money abroad and with
your help and advice we can invest in your country.

We are looking forward to your very prompt and ofcourse favourable
response.
Contact us through our e-mail address and we would on ascertaining your
genuine interest give you our phone number where we can be reached
24\7. May God continue to bless you mightily.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Adamu Smith.


(reply: jtaylorsmith_21@hotmail.com)


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