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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: "Mr Aminu A. Babakusa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aminbaba1@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:34:43 -0700
Subject: Business Partnership

Desk of Mr. Aminu A. Babakusa
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Group Executive Director
(Commercial and Investment)
+234-702-329-0704


Attn: Sir/Madam,

Please i would not want you to see this mail as one of those internet scam mails, I mean what ever i tell you through this

mail as it means so much to me and i contacted you with recommendation from a reliable source.

I am Mr Aminu A. Babakusa the Group Executive Director (Commercial and Investment) in the Nigerian National Petroleum

Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-man tenders committee in charge of Foreign/Expatriate Contract a key person to handle a

very confidential transaction based on unflinching trust as we have not met before.

This transaction involves the transfer of huge sum of foreign exchange (the United States Dollars) to a foreign account.

There were a series of contracts executed by a Consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in favor of NNPC among which

are:

(1) The expansion and rehabilitation of the ageing pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and down stream products

distribution and evacuation -US$9 Billion.
(2) Contracts for the Turn around Maintenance (TAM) of the four epileptic refineries in the country.
(3) The construction of more storage tanks and maintenance and servicing of old ones for Petroleum Products Storage (Depots)

- US$90 Million.
(4) The construction of Escravos Gas Production Offshore facility.

The original value of these contracts was deliberately over-invoiced in the sum of USD Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand

($8,500,000.00) by this committee (CRPAC) during the awards of the various contract. This sum ($8,500,000.00) has now been

approved for payment by this committee (CRPAC) and is now ready to be transferred by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the

account of any individual and or company which the CRPAC presents as the beneficiary, since the company that actually

executed these contracts has been fully paid their fund and the projects have been officially commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account for subsequent disbursement on our

behalf, since we as civil servants and we are also serving in a sensitive foreign payment approval committee (CRPAC) are

prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening or operating foreign account and or dealing in

foreign exchange in our names. Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have

agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external)

accrued between the parties in the course of the transaction. The balance will be used to purchase some auto-mobile spare

parts and some quality tires from your country for importation back to my country. You must however note that this

transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions:

{A) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
{B) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
(C) That you have an unflinching trust in us, and our ability to complete all official processes with your co-operation.
(D) That the funds would be transferred to an ordinary account which you have total control over.

Modalities have been worked out (secretly) at the highest levels of the relevant government departments involved and the

Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate transfer of funds within 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the above

stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is risk-free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for

mutual security of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name or the

name of any company you may nominate as the real beneficiary, as in an ideal situation. It is imperative that you bear in

mind that having put in 19 years in the service of the government; I am averse to having my image and career dented.

This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite action by contacting me on my e-mail

address, indicating your interest in this transaction. For swift response to your reply, kindly indicate your fax and

telephone numbers clearly so that I can explain further, especially by fax. I am urgently waiting your reply as payment to

foreign contractors is usually made on quarterly basis.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Aminu A. Babakusa
Group Executive Director
Commercial and Investment
aminbaba1@sify.com
amunubaba1@gmail.com
+234-702-329-0704

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