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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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Fraud email example:

From: "petersonkamara0 Gazeta.pl" <petersonkamara0@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:10:27 +0000
Subject: Attention President/Managing Director


Attention President/Managing Director

I am Engr. Acton Kamara, I need your services in a confidential matter
regarding money transfer. This requires a private arrangement and l want to
use this opportunity to elaborate more about this proposal to you for your
clearer understanding. As a member of Contract Award & Payment Committee of
Senegal National Petroleum Corporation (SNPC), the promptness of this letter
is anchored on our strong desire and motivation to establish a cordial
business relationship with you.

In view of my position together with my colleagues, we wish to have personal
business relationship with an honest and trustworthy foreign firm and we
felt to approach an interested foreign partner.This amount to be transferred
into your account accrued from over-invoiced contract amount for the
construction of Oil Refinery Sub-Station in Senegal (Northern Region) in
2007 to expatriate companies.The contract which was originally valued for
(One Hundred and Twenty Seven Million, Seven Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars)
$127,700,000.00 was manipulated to read One hundred and fifty six million,
three hundred thousand US Dollars(US$156,300,000.00). The extra
US$28,600.000.00 is what we want to transfer to your account.

This contract has been completely executed and the contractors had been paid
all their contract bills remaining this deliberate inflated value of
$28,600.000.00 USD. Being civil servants, we are not permitted by civil
service code of conducts to operate any foreign account, hence l have
contacted you. All l want from you is an assistance to receive this money
into your account on our behalf. After the transfer, 30% of the money is
for you, 60% for us and 10% shall be used for re-imbursement of any expenses
both parties might incure locally or internationally in the course of the
transfer To facilitate this payment by T.T (Telegraphic Transfer) into your
bank account as the beneficiary company who handled a sub-contract and to
enable us remit this money out of Senegal.

These are the necessary requirements we needed from you to complete this
transaction:
1. Your company`s name/address and your private telephone/fax numbers.
2. Your bank full Name/address, telephone/fax numbers,your bank account
number where the money will be remitted. You can however open a new bank
account purposely for this deal.

The above-mentioned particulars will be used to write LETTER OF CLAIM on
behalf of your company as the beneficiary of the fund. Already all
arrangements have been made regarding the transfer of this fund pending of
course the receipt of the above-mentioned particulars from you.

There is no risk involved in this transaction as the whole procedures have
been mapped out and it will take only seven (7) working days to complete
this transaction. Please do not hesitate to comply with my request and
remember that this business should be
handled secretly and confidentially, as we are prominent personnel in the
government office. It is 100% risk free.

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation and looking forward to
your earliest possible reply. Regards.

Engr Acton Kamara

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