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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: "donald engr" <engr1donald@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:41:22 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY,

FROM THE DESK OF
ENGR,DONALD EDWARD
(engrdonald2@yahoo.it)
N N P C.
ATTN,
MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.I am ENGR,DONALD
EDWARD,the chief accountant of The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and I head a five man tender board in charge of contract awardand
payment approvals.I came to know of you in my search for a reliable person
to handle a very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a
huge sum of money to a foreign account.There were series of contracts
executed by a consortion of multinationals in the oil industry in favour of
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) among which were for the
following.


TRANSFER OF(US$35.5M)AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO ACCOUNT.After due deliberation
with my colleagues,I decided to forward to you this business proposal.We
want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of
Thirty-Five Million, five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars($35.5m)into his
account. The sum resulted from an over-invoice bill from a contract awarded
by us over the budget allocation to my ministry and the bill was approved
for payment by the concerned ministries.The contract was executed,commission
and the contractor was paid actual cost of the contract.We are left with
balance of $35.5 as the over-invoice amount we have deliberately over
estimated for our use.But under our protocol division,civi servant are
forbidden to operate or own foreign account.This is why i contact you fo
assistance.We have agreed to share the money as follows:(1)60% for us( the
officials) (2) 30% for your(Account Owner)(3) 10% for Expenses (External
and internal)Chamber of Commerce and Industry.


I am a top official with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)and
the chairman, contract Award committee).This transaction is very free from
all sort of risk,hence the business was carefully planned before it was
successfully excuted.We the officials involved in this deal have put in many
years in service to our various ministries.We have been exercising patience
for this opportunity for so long and for most of us, this is a life time
opportunity we can't afford to miss.To get this fund paid into your
account,we have to present an international business outfit and consequent
upon your agreement,you are require to send the following document
information through the above e-mail(engrdonald2@yahoo.it)
(1)Your full names, (2)your house Address,
(3)Your Privat tellphone and TelFax Number for an easy and confidential
communication

These information documents will enable usseek apply for the relevant
payment approvals of the fund to the concern ministries esterblishment.You
may be require to sign the fund released authority documents in our National
Bank.Three officials will come to your country to arrange for our share.All
these will only take us 14 working days to transfer this fund into your
account right from the day we receive the requirements Let honesty be our
watch word throughout this transaction and your prompt and continous reply
will be appreciated through the above e-mail(engrdonald2@yahoo.it)

Best regards,
ENGR,DONALD EDWARD
engrdonald2@yahoo.it)


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