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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:45:53 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend


NNPC HOUSE
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR
114 ADEOLA STREET VICTORIA,
ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA

Dear Friend,
MY PROPOSITION

I am making this contact with you believing we can work together.I am Mr.Ahmed Danbaba, auditor of the tenders and contracts award committee of The NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). I am seeking your trust to have this fund transferred into your account. I have in my possession instrument of payment for US$60.5million (Sixth Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) which is now in dedicated account with the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), the above fund came from the over-invoice contracts awarded to consortium of foreign firms in 1994 for the construction of the ELEME PETRO CHEMICAL AND LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS PLANT in Port Harcourt worth US$I.2BILLION. The contract has been executed and the original contractors also have been paid in full, hence the US$60.5M in question is therefore free to be transferred overseas upon the submission of application for claim.

Due to the nature of this fund it has to be applied for by a foreigner and payment can only be made into a foreign account, Hence, this contract is necessary to accomplish this deal and the sharing of this fund is 50% for you, 50% for me.If you are interested, kindly reply back with your information,

1) Your full name.
2) Your phone/fax number.
3) Contact address, occupation and age.
3) Company name and address (if any).

The CENTRAL BANK of NIGERIA in compliance with Parliament's directive has expressed readiness to release the fund via payment advice, and applications for fund transfer shall be made at the appropriate ministries in favor of the beneficiary you or your company. Thereafter you shall be officially regarded as having executed the contract for the NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC) for which payment is being made. These operations make it legal according to the law of the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. However, note that this transaction needs our integrity,transparency and honesty.
Please, treat this transaction as strictly confidential as we i am civil servant who would not want any exposure, email me immediately if you are interested.

Yours Faithfully.

Mr.Ahmed Danbaba,
Chief Auditor.
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