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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: "james anani" <jamyae222@msn.com>
Reply-To: deleadams@wanadoo.es
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:27:55 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE MAIL MESSAGE

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
DR. DELE ADAMS
TELEPHONE 234 2 751 4469
CELL PHONE 234 805 813 8610
DEAR SIR / MADAM,

I am sure you will be surprise to read this from me having not met me
before. I am DR DELE ADAMS an Executive director with the FEDERAL MINISTRY
OF AVIATION, LAGOS - ABUJA NIGERIA. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I apologized using
this medium to reach you for a transaction / business of this magnitude, but
this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described Here under for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AVIATION where I work as an
Executive DIRECTOR and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we
have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty - Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($28,500,000.) which we want to
transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company
/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign
non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in
the circumstances, as Civil Servants HERE IN NIGERIA, CIVIL SERVICE Code of
Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance
in the whole transaction. This amount $28.5million represents the balance of
the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign
contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though
the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving
the balance in the Tune of the said amount which we have in principles
gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any
foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application through
the Justice Ministry in Nigeria for the transfer of rights and privileges
of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 30%
of the $28.5million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat
it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately on my e-mail address, or
phone number above, whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you
are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out
this deal I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a position
to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very
strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please
remember to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we will
not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in
this business.

To effectively and officially get this funds transferred into your personal
OR COMPANY’S account, WE WILL PLEASE need your private telephone and Fax
numbers as well as your personal email address. also YOU WILL NEED TO
include your full banking particulars where this money should be wired into.
With these informations, we shall transcribe YOUR personal / COMPANY’S
INFORMATION on the actual contract specification and put up claims and
demand for the official approvals of this funds. the invoice will be used to
demonstrate the contract and supply valued at $28.5M USD.
WHILE Thanking you for your ANTICIPATED co-operation I await your reply.
In case you need further details from me, always call my telephone numberS
above between 9 A.M. AND 9 P.M. Mondays to Fridays daily.

Yours faithfully.
Dr Dele Adams


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