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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: "Aliyu Usman" <draliyu_usman008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: draliyu_usman@walla.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:01:39 -0600
Subject: HELLO

OFFICE OF DR ALIYU USMAN
NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION)
PLOT 128 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, ABUJA-NIGERIA.
SUBJECT: NINE MILLION (US$9,000,000.00) DOLLARS TRANSFER ONLY
EMAIL ADD : draliyu_usman@walla.com

DEAR SIR,

THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST TO
GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION. I AM
DR ALIYU USMAN, A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $9,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO
TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAFE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

THE MONEY ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORTHARCOURT.HOWEVER, AS A
CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.

I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS
WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAFE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

PLEASE DO NOTE THAT ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS TRANSACTION IS YOUR HONESTY
AND TRANSPARENCY .HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS: draliyu_usman@walla.com

YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER,
PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

YOURS TRULY,

DR ALIYU USMAN



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