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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: "Michael Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contreviewp@blumail.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:38:01 -0800
Subject: LET US WORK TOGETHER!!

Dear Sir,
 
My Names are Mr. Michael Adams the Chairman of the contract Review Panel of Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (N.N.P.C) we want to use this medium to solicit for your involvement to work us in this Project for our mutual Benefit. Please, you have no reason to be afraid whatsoever. During our investigation, we discovered an over-invoiced contract sum to the tune of One Hundred and Twenty Million Dollars USD$120,000,000.00
 
We want you to keep this matter top secret to avoid me losing my position in this office This panel was set up and empowered by three factors: The President Of Nigeria, (Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan), Members of G-34 and the Honorable Members of the Judicial Panel, to review and subsequently recommendation given on all duly Executed Contracts Awarded to "Foreign & Local Contractors" during the Eight Years Tenure of (Chief Olusegun OBasanjo).
We further traced the Origin of this (US$120 Million Dollars) and thus, found out that it was deliberately over-invoiced by the then "Contract Awarding Committee before they were dissolved. As it stands now, we are very confident that the Government has no knowledge of these US$120 Million Dollars; neither does the dissolved committee have any access to the said Funds again. We still have almost one year to conclude duty, it is only then that we shall give official reports and probably refer this over-invoiced contract sum back to the Federal Government's purse. It is in the light of this that I and my Deputy decided to confidently contact you so that we could perfectly present you or your company as one of the "Foreign Contractors" that Executed a contract for the Nigerian Government under (N.N.P.C), and I shall recommend only US$30 Million Dollars (USD$30,000,000.00) to be processed and release to you on our behalf pending on our arrival to your Country. Thereafter, we s
 
If we have understood ourselves and believed with trust that we could do this DEAL together and move this sum of Thirty Million Dollars (USD$30,000,000.00) TO YOU, then forward to me urgently the following;
1. Your full names
2. Your confidential address
3. Your direct Telephone and fax numbers.
4 A scan copy of your ID for our record up keeping
 
We shall further discuss and agree on the percentage sharing as soon as we hear from you affirmatively. Note: that we have closed every track that might lead to any trace of this fund so be rest assured that there will be no problem of any kind.
With Much Regards
Engr: Michael Adams
Chairman Contract Review
Panel (N.N.P.C)

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