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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: Haruna Abu <senatorabubakarh@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:50:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OVER-INVOICED DEAL


FROM THE DESK OF
SENATOR HARUNA ABUBAKAR .......
Email:senatorabubakarh@yahoo.com

DEAR SIR/MA,
Good day to you and your entire family.

I got the contact of your goodself from one Mr. Bob Hart, an american who was at an exhibition in oklahoma. I met him a very long time ago (precisely 1994) when i was on an official trip to United States; on my way back home, i made friends with him and even discussed lots of business ventures but we could not execute any because, we lost contact but now that, i have this lucrative business opportunity, i searched for the business-card which he gave to me exactly ten (10) years ago, so i cross checked from the your countriy's Chamber of commerce and Industries to confirm if his company still exists (all his contacts have been changed) and after thorough enquiries and deliberations, my colleagues and i decided to contact you for a very confidential business transaction of mutual benefit when we found out about you; hence, i have sent this email.

I am Sen. Haruna Abubakar - Chairman of Contract Award and Verification Panel setup by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). During our verification exercise, we came across an over-invoiced contract (Contract No: NNPC/PED/1473/96). This contract was awarded in July,1996 and completed in August, 1998, and the original contractor has since been paid his contract sum leaving the over-invoiced sum of US$15.5m(Fifteen Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) This amount have been left floating in our account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, until our recent discovery. My colleagues and I have decided to seek for the assistance of a reliable foreign partner into whose account the fund will be transferred into for our own use. If this proposal is acceptable to you, a Deed of Transfer of the above contract will be obtained on your behalf, to empower you as the legal beneficiary of the contract and the sum to be transferred.

All necessary and relevant documents will be procured for the release and transfer of the fund into your nominated account. An application for foreign exchange allocation will be made on your behalf from my office to the federal ministry of finance (FMF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) for the subsequent release and transfer of the fund into your nominated account. Be informed that we are working in collaboration with top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Economic & Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who will assist us in the transfer of the fund. With your cooperation the success of this transaction is guaranteed.

We have agreed to compensate you with 25% of the total sum and, 65% will be for me and my colleagues here, while the remaining 10% have been mapped-out for miscellaneous contigencies that might be incurred by both parties during the course of this transaction. All things being equal, this transaction will be concluded within 21 working days upon the day of receipt of your response. You are required to send to me your nominated bank account details and your direct private telephone and fax numbers on your letter headed paper.

Please treat this transaction with top priority and remember to keep it as confidential as possible because most africans, especialy nigerians have dented the images of the countries through their fraudulent acts.
As soon as we receive your response through my email:senatorabubakarh@yahoo.com.
More details about how to proceed will be given to you through the appraisal form of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

We await your prompt response so as to commence processing immensely.

Best Regards,

Sen. HARUNA ABUBAKAR

NB: THIS IS FOR REAL !!! WE CAN BECOME PROSPEROUS PARTNERS.



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