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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?tokwas=20johnson?= <johnsontokwas94@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: tokwas_johnson@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : johnsontokwas94@yahoo.fr

ATTENTION THE C.E.O

- I AM MR JOHNSON TOKWAS OF THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-PORATION (N.N.P.C) . I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY SEARCH FROM THE INTERNET,WHICH INDUCED ME TO WRITE AND SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE TO CONCLUDE A PENDING TRANSACTION FOR OUR COMMON BENEFIT. THIS TRANSACTION IS THE TRANSFER OF $50.5MILLION. THIS MONEY IN QUESTION REPRESENT A SURPLUS UNDER EXPENDITURE IN OUR MINISTRY'S AUDITED ACCOUNT FOR THE PAST FIVE PRECEDING YEARS ARISING FROM DELIBERATION OVER-INVOICING IN SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE OF OIL WELLS AND SOME TURN AROUND MENTANCE(T.A.M) WHICH HAVE BEEN DULY EXECUTED AND THE SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN PAID, $118 MILLION BEING FULL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT. THE BALANCE OF $50.5MILLION IS OVER-INVOICED PORTION BELONGING TO OFFICIALS THAT PUT THIS TRANSACTION .THIS MONEY IS REFLECTING IN OUR MINISTRY CURRENT BUDGET AS DUE FOR PAYMENT IN THIS LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. I HEREBY SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION IN ENSURING THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE SAVE IF TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT. IF YOU AREINTERESTED, INDICATE BY SENDING ME AN E-MAIL ONLY. REMEMBER ALL INFORMATION SHOULD REMAIN CODED,THIS BUSINESS WILL NEED URGENT ATTENTION.IF THIS MONEY REMAIN UNCLAIMED IT WILL RECALLED BACK TO THE CREDITSUSPENCE BALANCE ACCOUNT OF THE FERATION. THIS BUSINESS IS BASED ON 50/50 SHARE AFTER FUND CONFIRM WITH YOU .THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.SINCERELY YOURS,MR JOHNSON TOKWAS


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