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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: "Engr. Abubakar L. Yar Xdua. (NNPC)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abubakarl.yardua@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:33:11 -0700
Subject: I await you response immediately.

My Dear Good Friend.
 
My name is Engr. Abubakar L. Yar Ádua The Group Managing Director, Nigerian  National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and I will like to share some highly  personal classified information about one of my partner and our customer here in  NNPC while I was working with him for some business transaction here in Nigeria  which is confidential transaction between me and him and what I intend sharing  with you now and believing that it will be of your desired interest one-way or the  other. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the  execution of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope  you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
 
Mr. Hagopian Barkev was a United Nation Refugee Ambassador in New York State and  he was a United States of American citizen and he was born in Middle East  Amman-Jordan and doing his business internationally, but unfortunately he just  died through accident on his way to Syria for some of business trip he told me  about for me to stand here in NNPC on his behalf and make sure that $26 Million us  dollars which NNPC has been owing him for our secret business transaction to be  release to the bank account here in Nigeria which has been set up successfully for  our secret transaction. So my dear I want you to assist me and receive this $26  Million us dollars as a partner to Mr. Hagopian Barkev in Europe or any country of  your choice as I cant identified myself as a partner to Mr. Hagopian Barkev for  security reason that is why I need your full support to have this fund release to  your account as I will be feedin
 
I will send you detail of this transaction concern my partner once I hear from  you. I will forward a copy of my identification and my partner Mr. Hagopian Barkev  to you as we progress with this transaction so that we will have this fund  transfer into your bank account which you will feed the bank to have the $26  Million us dollars been transferred into.
 
I await you response immediately.
 
Engr. Abubakar L. Yar Ádua
Group Managing Director (NNPC)

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