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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: fred johnson <fred_john333@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:45:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgently


FROM : DR. FRED JOHNSON ABBAS.CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD
DEPT NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC)
LAGOS - NIGERIA CELL PHONE:234-8036288706
E-MAIL: fred_john333@yahoo.com
GOOD DAY
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSFER OF
US$18.3000,00 (EIGHTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
U.S DOLLARS ONLY).

I fervently pray that this letter soliciting for your kind assistance will not cause any embarrassment to
you. I am aware that we have never seen each other before, neither have we exchanged any form of formal
contact or correspondence before. I am also, aware that this world is full of dishonest people but I
sincerely hope that my humble letter will touch your kind heart to assist us and give us the opportunity of
being future inseparable.
I, on behalf of my other colleague in the office (NNPC) have decided to solicit your assistance as
regards to the transfer of the above stated amount into your bank account. This fund arose from the
over-invoicing of various contracts awarded in my parastatal to certain foreign contractors sometime
ago.We as holders of official position in our various parastatals, were mandated by this new civilian
government to scrutinize all payments made to certain foreign contractors, and we discovered that some of
these contracts executed were grossly over-invoiced, either by omission or commission.

Also, we discovered that the sum of $18.3000,00.(eighten million three houndred thousand US Dollars)
was lying in a suspense account, although the foreign contractors were fully paid their contract
entitlements after executing the said contracts. We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount will be transferred (for our
own use) into a bank account provided by a foreign partner, as the code of conduct of the Federal civil
service does not allow us to operate with foreign accounts. We are therefore seeking for your assistance
based on the agreement been made within our selves the documents of this fund will be speedily processed for
immediate remittance of the fund into your bank account.
On successful remittance of the fund into your account, you will be compensated with 25% of the total
amount for assistance and 5% is already set aside for expenses on the process of this transaction while 70%
is for me and my colleague.
We will avail you with our identities as regards our respective offices when relationship is fully
established and smooth operation commences. we are at your disposition to entertain any question from you
in respect of this transaction, so, contact me immediately through my e-mail or the above telephone
numbers for further information on the requirements and procedure.Please, note that this DEAL needs utmost
confidentiality.
Yours faithfully,
DR. FRED JOHNSON ABBAS
PLZ REPLY IN MY PRIVATE EMAIL:fred_john333@yahoo.com


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