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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 .Dan Ugo." <dan_ugo70@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 07:14:16 +0300
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear...
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

After due deliberation with my colleagues, I decided to forward this
proposal. We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer
the sum of Thirty Million United States Dollars (US$60,000,000.00)
into his account.

This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contract awarded by
us under the budget allocation to my ministry and the bill was
approved for payment by the concerned ministries. The contract has
been executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid the actual
cost of the contract. We are left with the balance of US$30,000,000.00
as part of the over-invoiced amount, which we have deliberately over
estimated, for our own, I am contacting
You to be our custodian for this fund.

1. 20% for you (Account Owner)
2. 70% for us
3. 10% for Tax, as may require by our Government and yours.

As you may want to know and to make you less curious, I got your
address from adverts, in business directory that portrayed your
establishment in good light. I am the Secretary of the Contract
Awarding Committee (CAC) of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). This transaction is very much free from all sorts
of RISK and TROUBLE from my Government.

We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and
to most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to
miss. To get this fund paid into your account, we have to present a
Payment Invoice from a foreign establishment like yours. With this
invoice, we will seek approval to transfer the fund within 14 banking
days through the APEX BANK to your designated Bank Account.

I and one of my colleagues involved in this deal will come to your
country to arrange for our share upon the confirmation from you that
the money has been credited into your nominated Bank Account.
Consequently upon your acceptance of my proposal, kindly confirm your
interest by revert mail to the above e/mail address It will surprise
you why we choose you and trusted you for this transaction. Yes, we
believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust
you for this transaction. We are looking forward to doing this
transaction with you.

Be further informed that everyone's interest and security had been
considered before you were contacted. So be rest assured and feel free
to go into this transaction with us. But let honesty be our watch word
throughout this transaction and your prompt reply will be highly
appreciated.

Best regards,

Dr .Dan Ugo.

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