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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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Fraud email example:

From: "donald oputa oputa" <donald_oputa_67@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerdonaldoputa@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:00:53 +0000
Subject: Attain Trustee Mail For You Hubbard

Compliments,


I apologize on the strange manner I have contacted you on your private e-mail, as some evil minded miscreants use the internet to perpetuate all sorts of crime, although we may not have known each other before, but I have chosen to contact you through this means as the fastest and surest means of reaching you on this partnership, because of its nature and the urgency.


I am Barrister Donald Oputa Ahmed, a registered Legal practitioner with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the personal Advocate/Solicitor to the late Mr. John Grieves Hubbard, a Citizen of your Country and the Managing Director of John & Grieves Company Nigeria Ltd.


My client, on the 27th February 2000 was awarded a supply contract by the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas Company (NLNG) worth US$6,500,000:00 (Six  Million five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) the Contract was signed between himself, me as the legal attorney, and the Company. The contract was completed within 34 days as contained in the terms of the Agreement, but on the completion of this Contract the payment was delayed due to an internal problem in the Organization (NLNG), and I was handed over every Document related to the Payment recovery by my Client (Mr. John Grieves Hubbard). In the course of the payment recovery, my late client died of cardiac arrest here in my Country at the age of 50 Years and was buried according to the  a Cemetery here  Nigeria .

After the death of my client, six (6) months to be precise, I succeeded in recovering this payment which was transferred into the personal Account of Mr. John Grieves Hubbard domiciliary account here in Nigeria, which Mr. Grieves Martins Hubbard, being his only son and assistant Manager Stands as the Next of Kin Beneficiary to the Account.


 With the sudden death of Mr. Grieves Martins Hubbard, his only Son that is yet to marry, in a Plane Crash that involved the bell view Airline Boeing 737-200 that killed 117 Passengers including crew members on the 23rd of October 2005, in Lagos State 5 Minutes after take off, on his trip to the (Federal Capital Territory) Abuja more information on this you can get on this website:


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/index.html
http://www.naijarules.com/vb/archive/index.php/.html


I have searched without any success for the relatives of the late Hubbard, without any success. Since none of his relatives are aware of this Contract and the payment, I personally as a Nigerian can not come up to claim this funds, I then resolve to contact you on trust as a foreigner to work as a Foreign partner with me, as to have this fund transferred in your favor into an Account that will be specified by you as the beneficiary, pending my arrival there in your Country, for sharing and utilization between us as partners.


This arrangement is essentially based on the recent closure of some Banks here in my Country due to their inability to meet up with the Security deposit as requested by our Apex Bank (Central Bank of Nigeria) to Commercial Banks, and so the funds stands the chance of being declared unclaimed and confiscated if this arrangement is not actualized within the next ten (10) days, as I have just 4 working days from today to put up a claim in this regard in your favor.


Based on the importance of your Assistance in the actualization of this arrangement I have unanimously agreed to offer you 40% of the total funds on the final transfer into your Account.

55% is for me, considering the rigors I have passed through in recovery of this payment.

5% shall be for reimbursement of every expense, taxes and acquisition of all necessary legal documents that will be secured here in my Country on your behalf, which should be reimbursed immediately the funds, hit the account which you will present that will serve as our utilization account.


All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see that this deal come through. I guarantee you that this business will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law:


THese are the following information I need to proceed.

1) Your Name in Full.

2) Your Contact address in Full.

3) Your Telephone number.

4) Your Confidential Fax number.

5) Brief Information on your profile that should include your Age, Marital Status and Nature of Job.

Further details await your response by email,
NOTE: Your response should be directed to this my private e-mail address:  barristerdonaldoputa@gmail.com.


Yours faithfully,


Barrister Donald Oputa Ahmed,



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