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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: "SULE ABDUL" <suleabdul_2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alhajisabdul_2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:03:26 -0900
Subject: ATTN:PRESIDENT/CEO

ALHAJI SULE ABDUL .
FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR,
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM CO-OPERATIONS(NNPC)

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR

DEAR SIR,

MY NAME IS ALHAJI SULE ABDUL .I AM ONETIME FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR ,
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM CO-OPERATIONS(NNPC) .I RESIDES IN THE NNPC
QUARTERS,VICTORIA GARDEN CITY, LAGOS,NIGERIA .I CAME IN CONTACT WITH YOUR
EMAIL ADDRESS IN MY CAREFULL SEARCH FOR A REPUTABLE AND RELIABLE FOREIGN
PARTNER(A FRIEND AS WELL) THAT WILL ASSIST AND HELP ME TRANSFER MY MONEY
INTO YOUR COUNTRY AND THEREAFTER ,WE DISCUSS THE INVESTMENT TO DO WITH THE
MONEY AND THE LIKELY SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE INVESTMENT BY THE GRACE
OF GOD .HOWEVER,I HAVE FOUND YOU WORTHY OF THIS TRANSACTION AFTER MY
CAREFULL THOUGHT .AS THE FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR,NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLUEM COOPERATIONS(NNPC),I OVERSAW THE MINING, REFINING, DISTRIBUTING,
EXPORTATIONS AND IMPORTATIONS OF THE NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL .AS YOU ARE
AWARE,NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
NIGERIAN REVENUE AS A RESULT OF BOOM IN THE NIGERIAN OIL SECTOR ACCOMPANIED
BY THE RISE IN THE GLOBAL OIL PRICE . I USED MY POSITION TO ACCUMULATE
US$17.5million,(SEVENTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) WHICH I DEPOSITED WITH A BANK.

WITH REFERENCE TO THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN NIGERIA COUPLE WITH THE FACT THAT
MONEY OR INVESTMENT IS NOT SECURED IN NIGERIAB ECAUSE OF THE CLAPDOWN BY THE
PRESENT GOVERNMENT, I HEREBY REQUEST YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME
TRANSFER THIS US$17,500 000.00(SEVENTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR COUNTRY SO THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND INVEST
THE MONEY IN A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY .WE SHALL ALSO DISCUSS IN
DETAILS HOW WE WILL COMMIT OURSEVLES IN THE INVESTMENT AND THE LIKELY SHARE
OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE INVESTMENT . I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER
THIS MONEY INTO YOUR COUNTRY SO THAT WE BEGIN THE BUSINESS IN EARNEST.

MY FAMILY LAWYER;BARRISTER FEMI WILLIAMS WILL ALSO ASSIST US TO FACILATE THE
TRANSFER OF THIS US$17,500 000.00 INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.I WILL LIKE YOU TO
KEEP THIS INVESTMENT PROJECT CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL WE START IT IN EARNEST.I
WILL GIVE YOU A 20% GRATIFICATION AS SOON AS THIS US$17,500 000.00 IS
TRANSFERED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.I WILL ALSO REFUND YOU ALL THE MONEY YOU
WILL SPEND IN THE COURSE OF TRANSFERING THIS US$17,500 000.00 INTO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT.ON YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL,LET ME HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE KNOW
THE NEXT LINE OF ACTION AS REGARDS THIS INVESTMENT PROJECT .PLEASE CONTACT
ME BY EMAIL ON: alhajisabdul_2005@yahoo.com

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ON YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL.REMEMBER TO
GIVE ME YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY FOR EASY
COMMUNICATIONS.CONTACT ME BY EMAIL ON YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL SO THAT WE
DISCUSS MORE ABOUT OUR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP IN YOUR COUNTRY. AS I AWAIT TO
HEAR FROM YOU , REMAIN BLESSED .

REGARDS !
ALHAJI SULE ABDUL
FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPERATIONS


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