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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: Frank Martins <frank----martins@att.net>
Reply-To: frankmartins10@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 05:58:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I Need Your Assistant


Dear Sir/Madam.





















































My name is MR FRANK
MARTINS; I am a senior government official in the department of works
and housing of the FEDERAL Republic of NIGERIA and the chairman of the
board in charge of the award, execution and supervision of all contracts
in the Ministry of works and Housing. In 2010, I personally monitored
and supervised the award of contracts for the supply of building
materials and construction of ultra modern shopping complexes and medium
/ low cost housing units in our Federal Capital Territory Abuja.





















































Myself and two of
my colleagues, serving in the board, deliberately inflated and over
invoiced the contract sum, leaving an excess of US$80,500,000.00 (Eighty
million five hundred thousand United States dollars). At the completion
of the contract, the real contract sum was paid to the original
contractors, leaving the excess, which we reported to the federal
Government that it belonged to the sub-contractor that handled part of
the original contract.
















































































But the company we
submitted as the beneficiary was a non-existing foreign company, which
was a purported attempt by us to divert the money for our private use. I
do not intend to mince words with you, I have to tell you the truth;
this is a deal but it is 100% risk-free and genuine because the contract
has been perfectly and genuinely executed and completed. It depends on
weather you are interested or not.





















































Right now this
amount is due for payment and is floating in the treasury not attached
to anyone/company. We are only three people who know the origin of this
fund. But we cannot claim it by ourselves because we are civil servants
therefore we are looking for a trustworthy foreign company / individual
whose name we can use to claim the money and subsequently make payment
to the person/company.





















































This is strictly a
business deal, but it is 100% risk-free and secure because we will use
our official positions to source all the necessary approvals to reflect
that you/your company genuinely executed and completed the contract. All
necessary arrangements have been put in place in all the relevant
departments for immediate approval of this payment.





















































For your
co-operation, we have agreed to offer you 25 % of the entire amount on
conclusion of the transaction while 75% will be for us. Please if you
are interested in this proposal, I want you to respond immediately
through my personal e-mail address: frankmartins10@gmail.com for further
information and directives.


























 


























This transaction is expected to be completed within 14 working days and is highly confidential and discreet.





















































Thank you for your co-operation. Your urgent reply is awaited.





















































Best Regards,





















































Mr Frank Martins.

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