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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: "evan boswell" <evan_boswell777@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:31:38 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION.

From: Mr Evan Boswell,
email; evanbos@walla.com

Urgent Attention,

Sir,

This letter might come as a surprise to you especially since we have never
met or discussed before.
Basically, the message might sound strange but it is factual in reality if
only you care to know.

The truth is that I should have notified you first through a more
confidential means, (even if it's at
least to respect your privacy) please accept my humble apologies if i had
violet your privacy, i frankly do not mean any harm in passing my message.


We are members of the Special Committee for Budget and Planning of the
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. This committee is principally
concerned with contract appraisal and the approval of contract in order of
priorities as regards capital projects of the federal excutive government of
Nigeria with our positions we have successfully secured for ourselves
the sum of US$20.500,000.00, TWENTY MILLION fIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
ONLY through an over invoiced deal in countract valued sixty million five
hundred thousand dollars through an over (US$60.5M).

However, together with some of the top officials of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation. We plan to transfer this amount of money Twenty
million five hundred thousand dollars (us$20.5M) over invoiced contract sum
into an overseas account by processing and presenting your companyas a
sister company to the original contract company that executed the job. To
this effect i decided to contact you and ask for your assistance.

What we need from you sir, is to provide a very vital account in which the
funds will be transferred. My colleagues and I have agreed to compensate the
owner of the account used for this transaction with 25% of the total amount
remitted. We shall keep 73% and remaining 2% reserved for taxes and other
miscellaneous expenses.


Finally, the confidence and trust reposed on you cannot be over emphasised.
Therefore, you are to keep this deal to yourself confidentially. Calibre of
personnels involved are men in government.So cannot aford to loose our
respective reputation to our dear country if jeopardised by you.

Contact me urgently with your direct telephone and fax number to enable me
give you further detailed information.


Yours Faithfully,
Evan Boswell,

For:
CONTACT AWARD COMMITTEE AND APPRAISAL

E-mail: evanbos@walla.com


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