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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Chief Daniel Adewale Adenikpe." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adenikpe@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 01:06:55 +0100
Subject: Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Contract

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)
NLNG Building Eastern bye Pass,
Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
Nigeria.
 
Attention,
 
I am Chief Daniel Adewale Adenikpe, the head of  the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) contract review Board , I am seeking your partnership on the recovery of an existing fund with a bank here in my country.
 
On the 15th of February 2002, a foreigner, a registered contractor/supplier with this organization, made a supply on contract number NLNG/FGN 299HG 832, value of Fifteen Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (USD15, 650,000:00), on the maturity of the payment, it was paid into his domiciliary bank account here in Nigeria one month after completion of the contract.
 
On our side we have made effort to reach this supplier to notify hi m of this payment, but the information was gathered that he died of cardiac arrest in the United Kingdom at the age of 78years, ever since this news got to us the bank has made effort to get hold of his relative or next of Kin beneficiary, since the documents he used in setting up the account has only his details and no information on his next of Kin, but all efforts proved abortive.
 
Just last week to be precise an official notification letter was sent from the bank to my table on the arrangement to declare this account and the fund as unclaimed and have it transferred into the treasury account of the Government, in accordance with the banking law here in my country that after eight years (8) of every dormant account whose depositor is confirmed dead that such fund should be revert to the Government.
 
On getting this letter I have put a stop to the arrangement and notified the bank that a foreigner has already contacted my office on this very payment, that they should allow us few days to present the relative of this contractor, it is on the presentation I have chosen to seek your partnership as a foreigner so I can present you before the bank as the either the business associate or the distant relative of this supplier, to facilitate the this fund ownership change in your favor and immediate transfer into your account, pending my visit there in your country for sharing and utilization.
 
On this arrangement every legal documents will be procured here in your favor to legally support the claim as the rightful heir to this depositor and the bona fide beneficiary of this  fund and you will be protected from any breach of the law as I will guide you confidently as my foreign trustee on the process involved in the actualisation of this exercise.
I have resolved that on the completion of this fund transfer into your account, the sharing should be thus:-
50% is for me as the initiator and I will confidently hand over to you all the essential documents on this very supply that the payment is lying unclaimed; you will also guide me on the investment of this into real estate there in your country.
45% should be for you as my partner, considering the essential role that you will play in this transaction.
5% should be for hidden expense reimbursement that should be incurred in your favor to support the claim establishment with your name as the bona fide and legal beneficiary to this late contractor.
In acceptance of this partnership, I will request you to forward the following details:-
Your name in full.
Your residential Address in full.
Your Mobile/Cell Phone number.
Brief information on your profile, this should include your age, marital status and nature of Job.
Finally, the trust reposed on you on this mutual benefit partnership can not be over emphasized, please forward your response to this my e-mail account: adenikpe@yahoo.co.jp
 
Yours Truly,
 
Chief Daniel Adewale Adenikpe.

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