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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: "Mr lewis mbeki" <mrlewismbeki@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lewismbeki06@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:27:29 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER


REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. I got
your contact from the world trade bureau with further
confirmation from a reliable source.

However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we had about your business
person as regards this business information concerning
your country and safety of our funds in a steady
economy such as that of your country compared to our
country Nigeria, Africa.

I am Mr. lewis mbeki a director in the project and
planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria
for crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now ready to be transferred. However the companies
that actually executed the aforementioned contract
have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.


You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you
must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry 0f Finance, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

This business is 100% risk free as we have secured our
own side of the transaction. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be
legally processed with your name or any company you
may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20 years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer without any delay.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, while we
look forward to a mutually benefiting business
relationship with you. Please when replying, kindly
include your private Email, Telephone and Cell/Mobile
phone number, where I can reach you any time of the
day.

Send your reply to lewismbeki06@yahoo.com

Thanks and Best regards,
Mr Lewis mbeki

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. I got
your contact from the world trade bureau with further
confirmation from a reliable source.

However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we had about your business
person as regards this business information concerning
your country and safety of our funds in a steady
economy such as that of your country compared to our
country Nigeria, Africa.

I am Mr. lewis mbeki a director in the project and
planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria
for crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now ready to be transferred. However the companies
that actually executed the aforementioned contract
have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.


You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you
must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry 0f Finance, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

This business is 100% risk free as we have secured our
own side of the transaction. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be
legally processed with your name or any company you
may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20 years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer without any delay.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, while we
look forward to a mutually benefiting business
relationship with you. Please when replying, kindly
include your private Email, Telephone and Cell/Mobile
phone number, where I can reach you any time of the
day.

Send your reply to lewismbeki06@yahoo.com

Thanks and Best regards,
Mr Lewis mbeki

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. I got
your contact from the world trade bureau with further
confirmation from a reliable source.

However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we had about your business
person as regards this business information concerning
your country and safety of our funds in a steady
economy such as that of your country compared to our
country Nigeria, Africa.

I am Mr. lewis mbeki a director in the project and
planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria
for crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now ready to be transferred. However the companies
that actually executed the aforementioned contract
have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.


You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you
must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry 0f Finance, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

This business is 100% risk free as we have secured our
own side of the transaction. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be
legally processed with your name or any company you
may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20 years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer without any delay.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, while we
look forward to a mutually benefiting business
relationship with you. Please when replying, kindly
include your private Email, Telephone and Cell/Mobile
phone number, where I can reach you any time of the
day.

Send your reply to lewismbeki06@yahoo.com

Thanks and Best regards,
Mr Lewis mbeki

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. I got
your contact from the world trade bureau with further
confirmation from a reliable source.

However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we had about your business
person as regards this business information concerning
your country and safety of our funds in a steady
economy such as that of your country compared to our
country Nigeria, Africa.

I am Mr. lewis mbeki a director in the project and
planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria
for crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now ready to be transferred. However the companies
that actually executed the aforementioned contract
have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.


You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you
must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry 0f Finance, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

This business is 100% risk free as we have secured our
own side of the transaction. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be
legally processed with your name or any company you
may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20 years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer without any delay.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, while we
look forward to a mutually benefiting business
relationship with you. Please when replying, kindly
include your private Email, Telephone and Cell/Mobile
phone number, where I can reach you any time of the
day.

Send your reply to lewismbeki06@yahoo.com

Thanks and Best regards,
Mr Lewis mbeki

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. I got
your contact from the world trade bureau with further
confirmation from a reliable source.

However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we had about your business
person as regards this business information concerning
your country and safety of our funds in a steady
economy such as that of your country compared to our
country Nigeria, Africa.

I am Mr. lewis mbeki a director in the project and
planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria
for crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now ready to be transferred. However the companies
that actually executed the aforementioned contract
have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.


You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you
must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry 0f Finance, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

This business is 100% risk free as we have secured our
own side of the transaction. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be
legally processed with your name or any company you
may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20 years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer without any delay.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, while we
look forward to a mutually benefiting business
relationship with you. Please when replying, kindly
include your private Email, Telephone and Cell/Mobile
phone number, where I can reach you any time of the
day.

Send your reply to lewismbeki06@yahoo.com

Thanks and Best regards,
Mr Lewis mbeki

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. I got
your contact from the world trade bureau with further
confirmation from a reliable source.

However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we had about your business
person as regards this business information concerning
your country and safety of our funds in a steady
economy such as that of your country compared to our
country Nigeria, Africa.

I am Mr. lewis mbeki a director in the project and
planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria
for crude oil and downstream products distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now ready to be transferred. However the companies
that actually executed the aforementioned contract
have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.


You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you
must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry 0f Finance, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

This business is 100% risk free as we have secured our
own side of the transaction. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be
legally processed with your name or any company you
may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20 years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer without any delay.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, while we
look forward to a mutually benefiting business
relationship with you. Please when replying, kindly
include your private Email, Telephone and Cell/Mobile
phone number, where I can reach you any time of the
day.

Send your reply to lewismbeki06@yahoo.com

Thanks and Best regards,
Mr Lewis mbeki

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