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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: "ragu01@terra.es" <ragu01@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:09:07 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: VERY URGENT



DEAR FRIEND,

I AM BARRISTER RICHARD AGU, THE PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY TO ENGR TOM COMPOS. THE DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE NIGERIAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION BASED IN WARRI, DELTA STATE.

IN NOVEMBER 2002, MY CLIENT (ENGR COMPOS) RECEIVED GRATIFICATION OF FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (USD 15,500,000) FROM THE CONTRACT AWARDED TO FOREIGN FIRMS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF (USD 250 MILLION) (LPG) GAS PLANT AT WARRI REFINERY.

HENCE, THE FUND IS UNDER THE CUSTODY OF A SECURITY COMPANY FOR SAFE KEEPING, I HAVE BEEN MANDATED BY MY CLIENTS (ENGR. TOMSON COMPOS) TO SEEK ASSISTANCE OF A TRUST WORTHY FOREIGN COMPANY OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO COULD HELP TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT WITHOUT HITCH.

HOWEVER, MY CLIENT HAS AGREED TO WILL 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM TO YOU WHILE IS 5% FOR EXPENSES. THEREFORE, IF THIS OFFER IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY E-MAIL (r_agu04@yahoo.com) FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

BARRISTER RICHARD AGU. (SAN)





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