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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: randy1nnaji@rocketmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:26:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: VERY URGENT


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: randy33nnaji@rocketmail.com



- Dear Sir, Please, Dr. Randy Nnaji a member, Board of Tender Committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). My Committee is principally concerned with payment of all contract awarded from 1999 to date, in order of priority as regard capital Projects of the NNPC. In the course of our Duties as values, and project inspectors for the on-going liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, we have over-invoiced the value of the jobs done by foreign contractors for the NNPC to the tune of US$31M. As follows: - Computer optimization and installation $16,000.000.00 Installation of 250,000.00 Monax turbine $10,000.000.00 Turn Around Maintenance $5,000,000.00, Our aim of over-invoicing this payment is to divert the Excess amount to a discrete account abroad. This fund is now floating in suspense account at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is the fund my colleagues and I have decided to transfer into your account since we, as civil servants are not allowed to operate or own foreign account. If this proposal satisfies you, please contact me back for more detail information. Best Regards.


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