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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: "William Okoye" <okoyewilliam19601@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: koyewilliam@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:09:18 +0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

PORTLINE TRADING VENTURES
PLOT A2 SAKI CRESCENT,
IKOYI, LAGOS, NIGERIA.


Dear Friend,

Sorry I had to write you this message through this means, please be
informed that I am a retired Barrister and a Project Manager and a
local investor or businessman, we are five businessmen who are into a
joint partnership here and we want to go into the exporting of crude
oil abroad to ready markets which are available to us.

On this note we are seeking for your assistance to make this
Partnership a reality for both parties. We can trust this funds to you
and that you will be acting as our foreign partner because the
government here in our country in collaboration with the Ministry of
Petroluem gave a strong guideline which must be met before an exporting
license can be granted, it is stated that we must have a foreign
partner before the license can be given/granted.

Also we want to front you as our partner if you are willing to assist
us, so that we can be granted the permission/license to go into that
venture ASAP. We will start-up all the necessary documentations which
will take about 3 days with your full cooperations in this regards.
Also be informed that, there are some funds which my colleagues
(Shareholders) got as a result of a kick back from a project
they once executed with a Foreign firm on behalf of the government and
they want to invest this funds in this deal, and they didnot want the
authorities here to know that they are involved in crude oil
exportation and that is why I am the Project Manager of the partnership.

It may interest you to know that we are serious in this transaction, we
are going to front you as the new beneficiary of the funds to the
relevant authorities here, thereby transferring the rights &
priviledges of the former foreign firm that handle the project to you; then
you
will be assumed as the beneficiary of the outstanding balance of US$20
Million and you are entittled to 10% of the total sum
which is provided by my colleagues for the purpose of this transaction
and you are required to send/remit back to us the remaining balance
which will stand as a proof to the authorities here that truely you are
our foreign partner in this partnership.

On this note, please you have to be confidential about the funds
because my colleagues are still servicing in their various ministries
were the funds originated from and they dont want the authorities here
to know that, they inflated project sum initially which resulted to the
US$20 Million outstanding we want to remit into your bank account,
which will be used/invested on this crude oil business. My dear friend this
is a deal that will change our status in life and we dont want anything to
jeopardise this transaction, so you have to be confidential about this
deal, until we have secure the license for exporting the products to
any ready and avaliable market/buyers that we can source for in the
world. Also on the issue of the exportation of the crude oil, we are
offering you 10% of the profit after taxation of every transaction we
make at the end of every 3 months through your efforts.

On this note, what you are required to do for us so that we can forge
ahead in this deal, is for you to furnish me with the information below
so that we can get the funds transfer to you immediately through any
corresponding bank within 3-5 days ASAP, below are the informations
required;

1) YOUR FULL NAMES
2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
3) TEL & FAX NUMBERS
4) BANKING PARTICULARS
5) DRIVER'S LICENSE
6) PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES

With the above details of your's I will process some vital documents
that will enable the funds to be transfer to the bank account that you
will provide for this purpose, please if there is any questions you may
want to ask, be free to direct them to me ASAP.


Yours Sincerely,

William Okoye
(Project Manager)
For: PORTLINE TRADING VENTURES


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