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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: davidfavoirs2023mj1@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:32:42 +0100
Subject: "A.S.A.P" - I DO AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE DETAILED PROJECT - 27/03/08.


N.A.P.I.M.S COMPANY C & C TOWERS Plot 1684, Sanusi fafunwa Street
Victoria Island, Lagos - Nigeria. MR. DAVID FAVOURS Respond Back To This
Email:- infodavidfavours2023mj1@megamail.pt ATTENTION!!! BUSINNESS
PROPOSAL I am DAVID FAVOURS the Managing Director - Finance with The
National Petroleum Investment Management Services Company ( NAPIMSC ),
the upstream arm of the NNPC which oversees the government\'s
investments in the Joint Venture producing companies, (JVC\'s), and a
senior key member of the Federal Contract Award Committee board both to
\"The NAPIMSC & The NNPC\". I do have an urgent need for a trust worthy
foreign contact person with whom I can carry out a successful business
deal. Four of our Refineries and one Liquefied Natural Gas Plant have
been bad all these years, and now the New Present Elected Democratic
Government has voted the sum of One Billion, Eighty Six Million United
States Of American Dollars for the repairs and turn around maintenance
in this year\'s 2007 budget. Out of the Four Refineries and one
Liquefied Natural Gas Plant, the Federal Government has approved the
immediate repairs and turn around maintenance of the “KADUNA and
PORT HARCOURT REFINERIES\" as well as the Liquefied Natural Gas
Plant” on or before the 31ST DECEMBER, 2007. In view of this, we
have started awarding new contracts to that effect. As an incentive to
do a good job and finished promptly on or before the 31ST DECEMBER,
2007, the Federal Government makes Seventy - Five Percent upfront
payment to successful approved bidders. Based on this, we wish to
transfer EIGHTY FIVE MILLION AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF
AMERICAN DOLLARS for disbursement that we have just secured access to
push out which generates from the OVER INVOICING. But because we are
citizen and still working civil servant, we cannot move this money out
ourselves. For record purpose and for your information, I must let you
know that when I was the Senior General Manager, we had made an attempt
before which was an unsuccessful cash movement of \"EIGHT HUNDRED
MILLION UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN DOLLARS\" that was disrupted at the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport On August 12, 1995 by the
Nigerian Customs and Air- port Security Officials. Now that there is
another opportunity, we decide to carry out this project via WIRE
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER. At this point in time we therefore need an
honest, trustworthy and reliable assistance of a foreigner who will be a
kind and honest person to us and will not disappoint us at the end of
this transaction ( RECIVING THE FUNDS IN THE PROVIDED ACCOUNT BY HIM TO
ME ) . To this, I want you to send immediately to me the below stated
information which includes:- 1. Your Complete Full Names:- 2.
Your Home Contact Address:- 3. Your Company\'s Name:-4. Your
Company’s Address:-5. Your Direct Cell & Home Telephone
Numbers. 6. Your Occupation / Position:- 7. Your Age:- YOUR
RECEIVING ACCOUNT DETAILS:- 8. Your Bank\'s Name:- 9. Your
Bank’s Address:- 10. Your Receiving Account Number:- 11.
Your Account Type:-12. Your Account Swift Code:-13. Your Account
Routing Numbers:-14. Your Account Name / Beneficiary:- 15. Any
form of identification of your person either your \"DRIVER\'S LICENCE OR
YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT\". This should be scanned and be emailed to
me by attachment. \"I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS OF
A ZERO BALANCE, THERE IS NO PROBLEM, PROVIDED IT IS OPERATIONALLY
WORKING AND SAFE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS ON ALL OUR BEHALF FOR OUR MUTUAL
BENEFIT ( MYSIDE & YOURSIDE\". With the above information received
from you, I can get you properly registered as one of the contractors to
NAPIMSC who has already been awarded this contract for the sum of ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF
AMERICAN DOLLARS to supply the Plants Parts and carry out the repairs
and turn around maintenance of the “KADUNA and PORT HARCOURT
REFINERIES\" as well as the Liquefied Natural Gas Plant” which
documents I already have in my custody. After receiving the above
needed and stated information from you, I will process all the
documentation in your name on your behalf through an Attorney over here,
and summit them for immediate approvals, and the Federal Government will
pay SEVENTY – FIVE PERCENT FROM THE TOTAL SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTEEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
DOLLARS into your given account. In no time, the remaining of the TWENTY
EIGHT MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF
AMERICAN DOLLARS shall be paid as balance payment or we together in
agreement as partners will use another foreign firm’s name as a
sub-contractor to your company in our follow up documentation to receive
the balance payment. I shall come to your Country immediately this
fund is in your account to share the EIGHTY FIVE MILLION AND FIFTY
THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN DOLLARS. The sharing pattern is as
follows:- We will give to you TWENTY – FIVE PERCENT of the total
sum, FIVE PERCENT will be set aside for all expenses incurred during the
transacting period and SEVENTY PERCENT will be for me and my colleague.
However, be rest assured that no risk is involved or any scandal in the
future, for we have done all our homework very well, nobody will be hunt
or hurt during and after this transaction. It may also please you to
know that all the GOODS THAT COVERS THE SEVENTY- FIVE PERCENT payment of
this contract had earlier been supplied by other contractors with
document in place whose contract were cancelled half way during the
immediate past Government Of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. No record of this
exists anywhere only the two of us that are key members of the contract
board committee has this knowledge and information so there is the
serious need for you to keep this transaction very secret and highly
confidential. I await your immediate respond to this PROPOSAL through
either of my direct email addresses immediately:-
infodavidfavours2023mj1@megamail.pt Meanwhile, I look forward to
establishing a life long business relationship with you. Best Regards.
DAVID FAVOURS.
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