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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?jackson=20sylvester?= <sylverjack_ccac@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: sylverjack_okwoendego@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:22:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SEEKING YOUR WILLINGNESS


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: sylverjack_ccac@yahoo.es




From Dr Jackson Sylvester,

Nigeria National Petroleum Coopertion(nnpc),

Falomo Ikoyi Lagos,

Nigeria.

reply to sylverjack_okwoendego@yahoo.com

for details.



MY DEAR,



PLEASE DO ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLOGIES IF MY MAIL DOES NOT MEET YOUR PERSONAL ETHICS,I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF PROJECT AND CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE, FEDERALMINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,NIGERIA.




I GOT TO KNOW YOU THROUGH SOME DISCREET INQUIRIES,AND WISH TO INVOLVE YOU IN T RANSFERRING INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SUM OF(US$16.8M) WHICH WE NOW HAVE IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)




HOW WE GOT THIS MONEY,WE ARE THREE OFFICIALS OF THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COOPERATION(NNPC),WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF PROJECT AND CONTRACT AWARD,WE AWARDED CONTRACTS TO FOREIGN AND INDIGENOUS CONTRACTORS,FOR THE SUPPLY OF PETROCHEMICAL AND PIPELINE EQUIPMENTS,270,00 BPSD POLYNE AND INSTALLATION 500,000 MONAX AXIAL FLOW TURBINES,FOR WARRI AND PORTHACOUNT OIL REFINERIES,THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, COMMISIONED AND APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR WORK VALUE.




WE INFLATED THE COST OF THESE CONTRACTS,AND BY SO DOING,WE GOT A VALUE OF(US$16.8m)WE HAVE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY DOCUMENTED THIS AMOUNT UNDER THE CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER:FGN/NNPC/023522C B/95.




I,AND OFFICIALS IN THE CORPORATIONS(NNPC),HAVE AGREED WITH THE OFFICIALS OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND THE CENTRAL BA NK OF NIGERIA(CBN)TO REMIT THESE OVER INFLATED MONEY INTO ANY RELIABLE, TRUSTED,AND HONEST PERSON OR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT OVERSEAS WHO WILL OBTAIN THE MONEY ON OURBEHALF.THAT IS WHY I MAIL YOU IN PRIVATE,BECAUSE WE AS CIVIL SERVANTS HERE,CANNOT OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT.SO WE MAIL YOU IN PRIVATE TO ASSIST US TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AFTER WHICH,WE SHALL MEET TO SHARE THE MONEY WITH YOU.IF YOU DECIDE TO RENDER YOUR HELP TO US IN THIS REGARD,20% OF THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE OFFERED TO YOU,WHILE 80% WILL BE FOR US.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND A REPLY IMMEDIATELY TO sylverjack_okwoendego@yahoo.com TO INDECATE



YOUR WILLINGNESS.



THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS



DR.JACKSON SYLVESTER



- jackson sylvester


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