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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: JIM LAWSON BABANGIDA JP <jimlawson_babangida@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: financeminister@ozu.es
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 01:16:05 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY


From the desk of:
Mr. Jolly D. Tanna,
Financial Manager.
12 Olufemi Str,
Oshodi, Nigeria.

Hello Sir / Madam,

RE-LOOKING FOR AN INVESTMENT MANAGERS:

I know that this information may come you as a surprise, especialy haven to reach you from some one you have not met before, but we advise you to pay attention and follow up accordingly to make the transaction easier and successful for you.

My name is Mr. Jolly Tanna, I work as a finance manager at the Federal Ministry of Finance here in Abuja, Nigeria.

This Office was mandated by the Senate Committee on Finance in conjuction with the Tender Board of Nigeria to supervise and advise all foreign partners whose contract files has been verified, approved and accredited to receive their contract funds from the African Development Bank Plc.

The Tender Board of Nigeria has concluded the verification of Contract Files and released the names of the foreign partners who will be paid this quater, may/june 2006.

The Approved Contract files has been dispatched to the office of the Accountant General of the Federation for reconciliation and final action.

While we were going through the files on our desk, I discovered that one of the foreign contractors have died and there is no body to represent his company in Nigeria and Claim his contract sum of $8.2m from the Apex Bank.

Unfortunately, this office has made several efforts to contact any of the deceased contractor's relatives to come and claim the funds, but our efforts was to no avail.

This is I have decided to contact you in confidence so that I will fix in your name as the Next of Kin or business partner with the Deceased contractor to enable us inherit the funds as it belongs to no one now and if we waste any further time, the bank will revert it to their treasury for their selfish use.

If you are ready to assist us and get this $8.2m transferred into your account, we will process all the necessary documents in your name to facilitate smooth transfer of the $8.2m into your account.

I further assure you that this arrangement will be successful as we will make use of one of the Solicitors (Attorney) to assist us legaly at various Depts and obtain all the legal documents that may be required to facilitate release of the funds to you.

I herefore advise you to cooperate with me in this transaction so that we will make it successful.

I propose that when the funds is transferred into your account, we will share it in the ratio of 40% for you as the account owner, while 60% will be for me and colleague in this office.

Please feel free to send the following Information so that I will use it to change sum information in one of the files and obtain approval for transferring the $8.2m into your account.

1: Your Full Name(s):----------
Your complete address:------
Your telephone No:------------
Your Fax No:--------------------

Required Bank Details:

Your bank's Name:--------------
Address of your Bank:----------
Your Account No:----------------
Your Account Name:------------
Your Swift Code:-----------------
Your Abba No:-------------------

Please be informed that the above information is urgently required for processing of the $8.2m release order and other documents that will facilitate swift transferring of the funds into your account.

For Further details, please contact this office immediately for proper advise.

We expect your urgent response to this matter.

Yours faithfuly,

Mr. Jolly Tanna.
Financial Consultant.
Ministry of Finance.
Abuja, Nigeria.


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