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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: MR GABRIEL ALEX <alexgabriel@nonomail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:55:58 +0200
Subject: MESSAGE FROM MR GABRIEL. (KEEP PRIVATE)



Reply-To: gabrielalex00@yahoo.com

Message-ID: <dfe69e662defe4f8c3d301e1b6efa3ac@localhost>

X-Sender: alexgabriel@nonomail.com

User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-20051021

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

FROM THE DESK OF : GABRIEL ALEX. (B.Sc-UNN : Ph.D M.Sc. MNIM:MCIA )

PROJECT MANAGER, BUDGET AND PLANNING.

The President/CEO,



WITH RESPECT,



I AM SENDING THIS LETTER BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE FOREIGN TRADE OFFICE OF THE NIGERIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP US IN YOUR BID TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($41.5M) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.



WE ARE MEMEBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM.THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES AS REGARDS CAPITAL PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF

NIGERIA.WITH OUR POSITIONS,WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$41.5M) THIS AMOUNT WAS ACCUMULATED THROUGH UNDECLARED WINDFALL FROM THE SALES OF CRUDE OIL DURING THE GULF WAR.



WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ACCOUNT WHICH THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERED,SINCE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH US$8.3 MILLION OF THE REMITTED FUNDS,WE KEEP US$31.125 MILLION WHILE US$2.075 MILLION OF THE EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECCESSARY TAXES.



I NEED A MORE RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH HENCE THIS LETTER TO YOU,SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED AND INTRESTED IN THIS DEAL THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN THIS AMOUNT OF US41.5MILLION IS TRANSFERED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.



IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU,PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR RESPONSE, SO I CAN ADVICE YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION.ALL MODALITIES OF THE TRANSFER HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE STARTED,WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 14 WORKING DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.



APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I SHALL BE IN NEED OF YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.



YOURS TRUELY,

GABRIEL ALEX.

PROJECT MANAGER BUDGET AND PLANNING











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