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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Bright Iyasara" <brightiyasaraz@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brightiyasara@myway.com
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:27:14 +0000
Subject: FROM MR.BRIGHT IYASARA. NEWFORMAT

Dear Friend,
 
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
I am Mr. Bright Iyasara, the Chief Accountant of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) transaction.In a nutshell, I and my colleagues have the sum of ($ 14 MILLION) for onward transfer overseas. We hereby solicit for your assistance. We want you to help us provide an oversea account, were we will transfer this money into for our personal use.
 
Thereafter I and my colleagues we shell come over to your country for sharing of the money.Civil servants in Nigeria are prohibited by law to operate or have foreign account,therefore we ask you to assist us in providing your account overseas. If you accept to help us in this deal, the sharing will be done as follows:(1).70% for us I and my colleagues (2). 20% to you for providing us with the account (3)10% for expenses Local and International we might incure in the process of the transfer. I and my colleagues are interested to invest a large portion of our 70% in your country. Note that this is risk free and I and my colleagues have worked out modelities that will ensure a hitch free exercise SOURCE OF THIS $14M.
 
In the last military government in Nigeria I and my colleagues manipulated and inflated a contract executed here in (NNPC) by over-invoicing the contract value. The Original cost of the contract is ($ 16 M) but we over invoice it to ($30 M) the contract has been executed & completed and the contractor has since been paid the correct value of ($ 16 M) Now we are saddled with the problem of transferring the over-invoice sum of ($ 14 M) to a safe account overseas. If you are willing to assist us, kindly send the following:-
YOUR FULL NAME: ________________
YOUR HOME ADDRESS:____________
DATE OF BIRTH (month,day,year)_____
YOUR GENDER:___________________
NAME OF YOUR BANK _____________
ACCOUNT NUMBER #_____________
TELEPHONE #___________________
FAX NUMBER #_________________

For Confidential and easy Communocation,contact me directly via my e-mail at (brightiyasara@myway.com)
 
 
Best regards.
MR.BRIGHT IYASARA.

 

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