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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: "John Kelly Emeka" <johnkellyemeka2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:22:28 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSSINESS PROPURSAL

THE DESK OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
MR.RAYMONDJOHNKEMEKA: LIQUIDIFIED NATURAL,
GAS COMPANY NIGERIA (LNGCN)
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS - NIGERIA.


Dearest,

RE:TRANSFER OF USD28,200,000.00 (TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.


I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my Capacity as Chief Accountant
and in full agreement with the Auditor General of this Company (Liquefied
Natural Gas Company Nigeria). We scrutinized all records and the accounts
of awarded and executed contracts of this Company (LNGCN) during the
previous
Military regimes, since the inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully
uncovered and mapped out a whooping sum USD28.2M, which we want to transfer
to your account as the beneficiary.

This funds valued at USD28.2M has been approved for payment by this company
LNGCN, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the Accountant General
of the Federation) and to be paid by the Bank that sponsored the contract
through the Foreign Exchange Commission under contract number,
LNGCN/FGN/FMF/CBN/FOREX/B2517/99.As
top civil servants, we are not allowed to operate foreign bank
accounts,hence
our decision to use your account in full trust and confidence to transfer
this money outside Nigeria. We have accepted you as our foreign partner
and will regularize and update the approvals to reflect you as true
beneficiary
of the contract sum USD28.2M (TWENTY-EIGHT, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITEDSTATES
DOLLARS).

Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require
many engagements since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity.We
have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If you
are interested and capable of handling this deal, please contact me through
my email account for more details of the transaction.I am anxiously awaiting
your response with hope that you will understand the confidential nature
of this transaction.

Best regards.

MR.RAYMONDJOHNEMEKA
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT (LNGCN)


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