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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: Robert Hard <roberthard57@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: roberthard57@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 01:08:14 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Telegraphic Wire Transfer




>From Rev. Robert Hard,

Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas [NLNG]

NLNG House, Broad Street,

Lagos Central Business District,

LAGOS-NIGERIAN



Dear Sir/Madam ,



With the best compliments of this day, I write to share this piece of information with you for a mutual benefit. My name is Rev. Robert Hard, a senior accountant with the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas.



After much deliberations with my two colleagues, I have decided to forward to you this proposal to solicit for your assistance to fascilitate the transfer of this US$16.2 million (sixteen million, two hundred thousand U.S. dollars) to a safe account overseas.



This fund resulted from an over-invoiced/inflated bills from a contract awarded by the government to an expatriate company, under my watch as the chairman of the contract award committee. This contract was actually executed in 2006 and commissioned in 2008. It would interest you to know that the contractor firm has since been paid their actual cost for the contract. We are now left with the balance of US$16.2 million as the over-invoiced amount as we agreed with the conractor firm. However, we cannot claim this leftover fund on our own without a middle person, and since we do not operate any foreign accounts as long as we are still in public service. For this reason, i am soliciting for your assistance tohave this fund transferred out from here for a mutual benefit.



I have to inform you that we have agreed to give you 30% of the total fund after the transfer, for your support. Upon your reply and acceptance of this proposal, more information shall be given to you with regard to transferring the fund from the bank here.



To my colleagues and i, this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. As you may want to know, this transaction is free from any risks.



Let honesty and trust be our watch word throughout this transaction.



Your prompt reply will be appreciated.



Sincerely,



Rev. Robert Hard.

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