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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Frank Ike" <frank_ike77@msn.com>
Reply-To: frankike77@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:30:51 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT

From: FRANK IKE
Direct Tel:234-805-3068856

Dear Sir,

I am making this contact with you based on the reliable information
available to me concerning your reputation and well-organized company.
The information is so positive as to convince me that you would be
capable to provide Me with a solution to a money transfer of Eighteen
million,
Twohundred thousand United States Dollars (US$18,200,000.00).
I am a members of a special committee set up for the review and award
of contracts by the department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

This Committee is principally mandated by the new Democratic Government to
review the bogus and the over-inflated contracts awarded since 1998 to
May,2003, under the regimes of the former heads of state of Nigeria
In the course of our duty, we have so far been able to recover about
US$135,000,000.00(One Hundred and Thirty-five Million United States Dollars)
out of which I have used My good office to set aside the sum of
US$18,200,000.00 for good utilization.

However as a civil servant, the code of conduct strictly prohibits me from
operating or running a foreign account, hence I decided to contact you
and ask For your assistance.

Together with some of the top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Cooperation (NNPC), and the Federal Ministry of finance, I plan to transfer
this amount of money into an oversea account by awarding a non existent
contract from our parastatal (NNPC) to you, to perfect the transfer.
What I need from you, is to provide a very vital account into which the
funds will be transferred. The trust reposed on you at this juncture is
enormous.

In return, I have agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum,
while 7% shall be set aside for incidental expenses.you must however note
that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions: My
conviction of your honesty and diligence That you would treat this
transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality I would like to assure
you that I have carefully and painstakingly made all arrangement to ensure
actualization of this transaction which will be concluded within a few
working days of the necessary information and details.

The nature of our communication is of utmost importance hence you may reach
me via my above telephone number or my alternative email:momoh_aib@yahoo.com

Best Regard,

Mr.FRANK IKE
Hon.Chairman .


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