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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Ken Amadi" <kenamadi8@msn.com>
Reply-To: kenamadi4@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:41:42 +0000
Subject: FROM KEN AMADI

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION)
PLOT 128 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, ABUJA-NIGERIA.
SUBJECT:FORTY MILLION (US$(40,000,000) DOLLARS TRANSFER

DEAR SIR,
I AM WRITING YOU DUE TO MY CURRENT SITUATION WHICH I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME
ON, . I AM MR KEN AMADI, A DIRECTOR WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $40,000,000 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT FOR SAFE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. THE MONEY ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER
INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT
BONNY - PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER,
AS A CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK
ACCOUNT. I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK
ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAFE KEEP AND
INVESTMENT.

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR
TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE
BUSINESS WOMAN-MRS. KONAMI YAMAMOTO WHEN THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY
TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT IN JAPAN, SHE SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE
MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE. HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCE,I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU.PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST IN
THE TRANSFER OF THE SAID SUM,I WILL LIKE YOU TO EXHIBIT HONESTY AND
TRANSPARENCY . HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED
TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY

INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL
ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER, PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.


THANKS.YOURS TRULY,
KEN AMADI



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