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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: Charles Dankaro <c_dankaro@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL


FROM:CHARLES DANKARO
NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS(NLNG)
C & C TOWERS,SANUSI FAFUNWA STREET.
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS - NIGERIA.
WEBSITE:www.nlng.com
 
Dear,
 
My name is Mr.Charles Dankaro, a member of the Tender Review and Contract Awarding Committee of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas(NLNG).I have the sum total of US$ 25,500,000 (Twenty five million,five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to be transferred to an overseas account upon proper application without any risk whatsoever. We used our position as the then Contract Award Committee members to get this fund by Over-Invoice of contract award to a consortium of foreign firms in 1995 for the construction of the Finima Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Port-Harcourt- Rivers State of Nigeria,worth US$6.6 Billion.
 
The contract has been executed and the contractors have been paid in full. But this Over-Invoice sum of US$25.5 Million has been kept in a special account at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), our Apex bank.The fund is due for withdrawal,due to the nature of this contract, the payment can only be made into a foreign account and it has to be applied by a foreign beneficiary hence the contract was executed by foreign firms.
 
Therefore, I need your maximum assistance to transfer this fund into your bank account in your country. Upon the successful transfer of this fund to your account, I and my other two colleagues who are involved in this deal has agreed to compensate you with 35% of the total sum, while 5% shall be used for the settlement of any incidental expenses that we may incur during the course of transferring the fund into your account, then the remaining 60% will be for me and my other two colleagues.You are requested to indicate your interest without delay, I shall urgently require from you the following through my E-mail box, for more confidentiality in this business transaction.
 
(1 Your private telephone / fax number
(2)Your full name / company name and address
(3)Your bank where you wish this fund to be transferred into. This should include the account number, bank address and telephone / fax numbers of the bank.
 
There is no risk involved in this transaction hence you keep it strictly confidential, because every arrangement and underground works has been fully perfected for the easy transfer of the fund into your account. As soon as I receive the above information from you, I will forward fund payment application in your favour to the Central Bank of Nigeria for payment approval.Please Refer to the above Website with details of the Project.You can send your reply through my ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS:
 
Thank you as I expect to read from you urgently.Yours Sincerely,
 
CHARLES DANKARO
FROM CHARLES DANKARO
 



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