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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: John Ivodi <jjivodi13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <johnivodi1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 01:41:27 -0600
Subject: RE: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL



RE: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:JOHN IVODIACCOUNT DEPARTMENT,(NNPC)LAGOS- NIGERIATEL. NO.: +23408080
ATTN: SIR,
THIS IS MY SECOND LETTER TO YOU.
IT IS WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I MAKE THIS URGENT AND IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU. I AM SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) HERE IN LAGOS. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY MY COLLEAGUES TO SEEK A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$7,500.000 (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY. THIS MONEY AROSE FROM A DELIBERATE OVER - INVOICING OF A CONTRACT AWARDED BY OUR CORPORATION IN 2004. WE HAVE BEEN SAFEGUARDING THIS MONEY SINCE THEN,AWAITNG AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THE MONEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO A FOREIGN NOMINATED BANK, PENDING OUR ARRIVAL FOR THE SHARING AND UTILIZATION WITH THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT. NOW THE NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT UMAR MUSA YAR'ADUA HAS ORDERED THAT ALL DEBTS OWED FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THE GOVERNMENT BE PAID IMMEDIATELY, ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ORDER, WE WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT TO PRESENT YOU OR YOUR COMPANY AS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS OWED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. MEANWHILE, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED THUS: 60% WILL BE FOR US (MY COLLEAGUES AND I ),35% WILL BE FOR YOU FOR COLLABORATING AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE WHILE THE REMAINING 5% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR ANY INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION. NOTE, THAT THE NATURE OF YOUR COMPANY'S BUSINESS IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS TRANSACTION AS ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND HITCH- FREE TRANSACTION. NOTE THAT THIS MONEY IS STILL IN SUSPENSE ACCOUNT OF MY CORPORATION (NNPC) WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORWARD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IF YOU ACCEPT TO ASSIST : (1) YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS(2) YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS(3) YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS ,PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS(4) YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER AND ACCOUNT NAME/BENEFICIARY WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS EXECUTED IN A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN 14 WORKING DAYS ON RECEIPT OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION . PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL: johnivodi@gmail.com OR VIA THE TEL. NUMBER ABOVE SIGNIFYING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS BUSINESS. THISINFORMATION IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT.FURTHER DETAIL WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE RESPONSE. BEST REGARDS.JOHN IVODI.
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