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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: "David Mark" <david_m_mark@msn.com>
Reply-To: david_m_mark@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:11:51 +0000
Subject: RESPOND

FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVID MARK
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION
LAGOS NIGERIA.
 
ATTN FRIEND,
 
               STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
 
RE:TRANSFER OF U$21,500.000{TWENTY ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS ONLY.
 
I AM A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION(NNPC) SOMETIME AGO, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO A FOREIGN FIRM IN THE PTF BY MY COMMITTEE. THIS CONTRACT WAS OVER INVOICED TO THE TUNE OF US$21.5M US DOLLARS. THIS WAS DONE DELIBRATELY. THE OVER- INVOICING WAS A DEAL BY MY COMMITTEE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT. WE NOW WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY WHICH IS IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT WITH PTF INTO ANY OVERSEA ACCOUNT WHICH WE EXPECT YOU TO PROVIDE FOR US.
 
WE HAVE AGGREED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE MONEY WILL BE YOURS FOR PROVIDING
THE ACCOUNT WHERE WE SHALL REMIT THE MONEY,60% WILL BE FOR MY PARTNERS AND I,10%  HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FROM THE TOTAL  SUM TO COVER ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY US DURING THE COURSE  OF THIS TRANSFER, BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES.
 
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT SIMILAR TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT WITH
ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER, PRESIDENT OF CRANE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORP. OF
153 EAST 57TH ST; 28TH FLOOR, NY10022, TELEPHONE: 212-3087788 AND
TELEX:6731689. THE DEAL WAS CONCLUDED AND ALL COVERING DOCUMENTS WERE
FOWARDED TO MR. MILLER TO AUTHENTICATE THE CLAIM. ONCE THE FUNDS WERE
TRANSFERRED, MR. MILLER PRESENTED HIS BANK WITH ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS
AND REMITTED THE WHOLE FUNDS TO ANOTHER BANK  ACCOUNT AND DISAPPEARED
COMPLETELY. MY COLLEAGUES WERE SHATTERED, SINCE SUCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY.
 
AT THIS JUNCTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN ASSISTING US IN THIS DEAL, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
FROM YOU,WHICH WOULD ENABLE US MAKE FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE VARIOUS
MINISTRIES\PARASTATAL FOR THE RELEASE AND ONWARD TRANSFER OF THE MONEY  TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
 
THE INFORMATION WE REQUIRE ARE:

YOUR  COMPANY`S NAME AND ADDRESS , TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.
YOUR BANK NAME ,ADDRESS, TELE/FAX NUMBER.
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND BENEFICIARY NAME.
 
WE HAVE STRONG RELIABLE CONNECTIONS AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS TO ASSIST US IN THE DEAL, AND WHEN IT IS
FINALLY CONCLUDED WE SHALL USE SAME CONTACTS TO WITHDRAW ALL DOCUMENTS
USED TO AVOID ANY TRACE TO YOU OR US.
 
IT MIGHT ALSO INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ORDINARY CIVIL SERVANTS WHO DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE WANT THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED BEFORE THE NEWLY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT STARTS PROBING THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL PREVIOUS MILITARY GOVERNMENTS.
 
 PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY ABOVE THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS WHETHER YOU ARE INTRESTED IN THIS DEAL OR NOT TO ENABLE ME SCOUT FOR ANOTHER FOREIGN PARTNER TO ASSIST US. BUT IF YOU ARE INTRESTED PLEASE SEND THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN SWING INTO ACTION, SINCE TIME IS NOT ON OUR PART.
 
I WAIT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR FULLEST CO-COPERATION.
 
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
 
MR DAVID M MARK


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