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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: "HARRY MAMDI" <dr_harryama26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_harryamadi@myway.com
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:32:52 +0100
Subject: WE NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONDS

From; Engr /Dr, Harry Amadi
The Financial Controller and
The Chairman Contract Award Committee
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC ]

Dear Sir/madam

I am Engr /Dr, Harry Amadi,the Financial Controller and Contract Award
Committee Chairman in the Nigerian National petroleum corporation [N.N.P.C.]
in Lagos, Nigeria. My colleagues have assigned me to seek for assistance of
a reliable foreigner through whom we can transfer the sum of
US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million, U.S. Dollars) which arose from an
over-inflated contract value for the General maintainance of Kaduna and
Warri Refineries on behalf of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
[N.N.P.C ]


Please note that as soon as the Federal Ministry of Finance grants approval
for the transfer of the money into your bank account they shall inform your
bank and accompany the transfer with legal documents showing that the money
is legal and legitimately acquired in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
through the execution of government contract(s).

we have agreed that after the transfer of the money into your account,you
shall be entitled to 25% of the total amount transferred, while the
remaining 65% will be for me and my colleagues and 10% mapped out for
expenses. We decided to give you his percentage in order tomotivate you and
also to let you feel satisfied at the end of thistransaction.
The nature of your business or profession is not particularly relevant for
the success of this transaction. All we require is your willingness to
co-operate and assurance that our own share will be given to us when this
money is transferred into your account.

All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a no risk situation on
the sides of both parties and it is believed that the conclusion of this
transaction will not last more than 14 working days.Since we have no
knowledge of business, our plan is to invest this money into Real Estate,
Stocks and we can also invest in some other profitable businesses in your
country based on your advice because many of our years have been spent as
civil servant, and we may likely resign from government service to private
business after this money is transferred into your account.

Please note that this business is strictly confidential and must not be
disclosed to a third party. This is necessary to avoid disclosure that may
jeopardize the transaction.

Finally, if this proposal is acceptable to you, or if you have any
questions, feel free to contact me immediately on my private email
[dr_harryamadi@myway.com] address above.Send your reply together with your
bank details as follows;

YOUR FULL NAMES,
YOUR AGE,
YOUR OCCUPATION,
BANKING INFORMATIONS,
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN,
YOUR PHONE AND FAX FOR EASY COMMUNICATION,

I wait to hear from you.

Best regards,

Engr /Dr, Harry Amadi
For The Committee.

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