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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: "Zak Ilo" <zakilob@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:47:10 -0900
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT RELATIONSHIP





Eng Zak Ilo

OANDO BENIN REPUBLIC

OIBP 1093 Recette Princpale Contonou,

www.oandoplc.com

REQUEST FOR URGENT RELATIONSHIP:

Attention:

I am Eng zak ilo.I am a member of the Tenders Board, a Committee
incharge of contract Award and Payment Approvals[CAPA].I got your
contact on
the net during my quest for a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very
confidential transaction ,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money
to a foreign account .

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of
Multinationals in
our oil industry in favour of the [DPR] among which were :The expansion
of
pipeline network within BENIN REPUBLIC for Crude oil and downstream
products
distribution and subsequent evacuation ,USD$2billion.

[2] Contract for Turn Around Maintenance [TAM] at the various Plants in
the
country .

[3]The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Products [Depots]
USD$94,million.

The original value of this contracts were deliberately over invoiced to
the
tune of Thirty six milliom, Five hundred and Sixty one thousand United
States Dollars[USD$36,561,000.00]The companies that actually executed
the
aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the project officially
commissioned .

Consequently,my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total
amount to
your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are
prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau [Civil Service Laws] from
opening
and /or operating foreign accounts in our names.

We have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 20% of the transfered
sum,while 10% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses during the
course of this transaction.You will then be required to revert the
balance
70% to us, or as may be adviced in due course.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to secrecy,
confidence, trust ,seriousness, and co-operation.Connections have been
worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry of Finance, African
Development Bank,the Bankers Bank, and the Presidential Task Force on
contract payment for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10-14
working days to an account that you may provide.

The whole approvals shall be legally processed with your name or any
company
you may nominate as the bonafide beneficiary of the funds if you
co-operate
with us.Get back to me via email so we discuss more.
all you reply should be here on my private email for security reason
EMAIL: zakilo50@yahoo.com

Eng Zak Ilo.


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