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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: Mbaka Ben <mbakaswift_2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mbakaswift_3@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:51:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re;Transfer and Investment of US$16Mgbd



From: Dr,Richards Mbaka
Private telephone +00234(802)954 76 67
 
With a warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this email letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally. I only got your contact details from the Nigerian Exchange Information On-line Service on my personal programmed search on the internet for a reputable company or individual to assist me sincerely & confidential which your information & profiles were very satisfactory, so i decided to contact you immediately
 
I am Dr, Richards Mbaka, one of the Directors of Project implementation, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. I am making this contact with you based on the  need for an individual/company who will be willing to assist me  with a solution to a money transfer.
This amount $16m represents the balance of the total contract Value Executed on behalf of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately, of which the actual sum has been paid.
 
Should you be willing to assist me in the transaction,Then Send to me your private telephone numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the Remittance of this payment for safe keeping pending our arrival into your country for sharing.
 
I also need your strong assurance that you will never,ever let me down. With your assurance that this money will be intact pending our arrival in your country for disbursement.
 
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me and my colleagues, while 5% will be set aside to cover all expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring this payment.
 
Best Regards,
Dr,Richards Mbaka
Private telephone +00234(802)954 7667





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