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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: "EMEKA RAYMOND" <emekaraymond@emekaraymond.com>
Reply-To: emekaraymondd@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:21:02 +0000
Subject: URGENT

URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER (US$20.4 MILLION
U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPERATION TO TRANSFER
(US$20.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR PRIVATE OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT

Dear Sir/Ms,

I got your contact address through the Commercial Attaché of your Embassy
during my last travel to Europe. Although my enquiry's was not recorded, I
do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. I
am an Accountant and member of the "Tender Committee".

PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial official
and other officer in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation. We
are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Twenty Million Four Hundred
Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$20,400,000.00) to your account for further
private investment purpose. Hence our request for your assistance.

SOURCE OF FUND: This amount to be transferred into your account occurred
from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of Oil Refinery,
Sub-Station in Nigeria (Northern Region) in 2002 to expatriate companies.

REQUIREMENTS: What we expect from you by E-mail during reply are:
(a) Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
(b) The name of your bank, phone and fax number
(c) Your bank account number where the money will be lodged.

DISBURSEMENT: We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for
your assistance because it is impossible for us to claim the over-invoiced
amount here in Nigeria without your assistance. In addition,10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by you and us during this
business, and 60% for my colleagues and myself. It might surprised you why
we chose and trusted you for this transaction.

We are civil servants who are not well paid, most of us have worked for the
government for more than twenty-eight years and do not have anything to show
for it and where not permitted to operate a foreign bank account as I have
worked for twenty eight years [28] and have nothing to show for it before
this opportunity came, please kindly assist me to achieve this aim, this why
we are looking for a Godly trusted person.

Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this interest and security had been considered before you were
contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with
us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction
and your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Henceforth, ensure that all your future correspondence with me is made
through my E-mail address to ensure the confidence and safety. Note that the
items A,B,C as stated in my proposal is very important as soon as that is
given to us within 7 working days, the fund will be transferred into your
bank account. As all arrangement has been concluded .

Yours Truly,

Mr Emeka Raymond


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