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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: "Tony Ofor" <tony_ofor01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: marksonbello111@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:35:59 +0000
Subject: REPLY TO OUR CHAIRMAN

MR Markson Bello
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel/Public debt committee On
Foreign Contract Payments Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Attn:Sir/Madam

I am the chairman of Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel, on Foreign
Contract Awards And Payment Recommendation. This panel is set up and
empowered by three factors; The President Of Nigeria,Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, Members of G-34 and the Honourable Members of the Judicial
Panel, to review and subsequently recommend for payments all duly
executed contracts awarded to foreign contractors between 1979 - 2004
fiscal year.Precisely five months back,we discovered an over-invoiced
contract sum to the tone of One Hundred Million United States Dollars
(USD$100,000,000.00).We further traced the origin of this sum and
thus,found out that it was delibrately over-invoiced by then Contract
Awarding Committee before they were dissolved. As it stands now,we are
very confident that the government has no knowledge of this sum,neither
does the dissolved committee have access to the said sum again.We still
have almost one year to conclude and it is only then that we shall give
official reports and probably refer this over-invoiced contract sum
back
to the federal government,s purse. It is in the light of this that my
colleagues and myself decided to confidently contact you urgently so
that we could perfectly present you or your company as one of the
foreign contractors that executed contract for the Nigerian government,
and we shall recommend only $10 Million United States Dollars
(USD$10,000,000.00) to be delivered to you live in your country by
ACCESS DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE WHOM WE HAVE ARRANGED WITH TO DELIVER
THIS MONEY CASH TO YOU in your country or any other country you may
want
the diplomatic courier company deliver the money sealed package to
you.,
thereafter we shall refer back to the government's purse the balance of
NINETY Million Dollars (USD$90,000,000.00). We Have carefully worked
out
the strategies to secure all the necessary DOCUMENTS in your name and
there is no room for failure,BECAUSE, we are still at the head of
Contract Review And PaymentS Recommendation, and it is only our reports
that counts. If we have understood ourselves and believed with trust
that we could do this DEAL together and move this sum of TEN Million
Dollars(USD$10,000,000.00) TO YOU, then forward to us urgently the
following; 1. Your full name 2. your confidential address 3. the
nearest
airport nearest to you 4. Telephone and fax numbers. We shall further
discuss and agreed on the percentage sharing as soon as we hear from
you
affirmatively.note that we have closed every track that might lead to
any trace of this fund.

Sincerely,

MR Markson Bello CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC DEBT COMMITTEE/foreign payments
Chairman,
Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel, On Foreign Contract Review And
Payment
Recommendations, Federal Republic Of Nigeria. We awaits for your reply

THANKS AND GOD BLESS

MR Markson Bello


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