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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: "DR. ALEX. ANDERSON" <dralexanderson5@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: dr_alexanderson01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:37:23 -0700
Subject: Nigeria LNG Limited,


*

Nigeria LNG Limited,
C & C Towers, Plot 1684 Sanusi Fafunwa Street,
Victoria Island, P.M.B. 12774 (Marina),
Lagos, Nigeria
please, contact me through my e-mail address

**dr_alexanderson01@yahoo.co.jp* <dr_alexanderson01@yahoo.co.jp>*

ATTN:

TRANSFER OF US$28,500,000,00 (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO SAFE ACCOUNT.

I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my Capacity as a Chief
Accountant and in full agreement With the Auditor-General of this Company
(Nigeria Liquidfied Natural Gas).

We scrutinized all records and the accounts of Awarded and executed
contracts of this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime, since
The inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully Uncover and mapped out a
whopping sum US$28.5M which We want to transfer into your account as the
Beneficiary. It might interest you to know that Beginningof this current
civilian government at a Working assets capital of US$3billion and will
Definitely gulp more USD2billion on the completion of thefifty part.

You can authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our client
with full guarantee from me. The money $28.5M has been approvedfor payment
by this company NLNG, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the
Accountant General of the Federation) and to be paid by the Apex Bank of
Nigeria under contract number, G/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99. As top civil
servants, we are not authorized to operate foreign bank accounts hence our
decision to use your account in full trust and confidence to transfer this
money outside Nigeria. We have accepted you as our foreign partner
sum(US$28.5M ((TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY).

Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require
much engagement since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity. We
have resolved to give you 30% of the total for your assistance.

If you are interested in this deal, please, contact me through my e-mail
address **dr_alexanderson01@yahoo.co.jp*<revjohnahamba2006@yahoo.co.ukHYPERLINKmailto:dr_alexanderson01@yahoo.co.jp>
* for more lively information. Remember to give me your phone line and fax
and scan copy of your international passport or identity card. through which
I can send you the approved documents for your perusal. I am anxiously
waiting for your response with hope that you will understand the
confidential nature of this transaction.

Best regards,


DR. ALEX. ANDERSON
*

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