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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: "ENGR JOSEPH KAYODE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engrjosephkayode@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:01:21 -0800
Subject: I NEEDED YOUR URGENT HELP IN BUSINESS TRUSTEES

Engr.Joseph Kayode.
Accountant General
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
KM 45 Awolowo Way
Lagos Nigeria

Dear Sir,


BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

I am the Accountant General, Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] and a close associate
of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum
Resources.

The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of
US$88 millions recovered from an over-invoiced
contracts involving the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation [NNPC] into several private account in
Europe and United States. A total sum of
US$73,700,000.00 has been transferred before the
emergence of this present Civilian
Administration,leaving the balance of
US$14,300,000.00.

I have made proper arrangement/documentation to
transfer the balance which is retained in a coded
account of the NNPC with the Central Bank of
Nigeria. We are soliciting that you help us to
receive the fund in trust. We cannot complete this
transaction smoothly without the participation of a
foreign partner who would provide an account
where the funds could be lodged. Since it is a
contract payment, the funds must be remitted to a
foreign account. The remittance of the funds
requires little documentation.

There is no risk involved on your part in this
transaction since the former Minister and I have
covered this transaction with adequate contract and
external credit documents from the beginning.

What we require from you by e-mail or fax are viz:
{i} Acceptance letter of this offer
{ii} Your company name and confidential telephone
and fax numbers
{iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and
Willingness to abide by the requirements of this
proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY.

We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the
entire US$14,300,000.00 for your effort in this
transaction, 70% for us partners here in Nigeria and
the remaining 10% will be used for defrayal of
incidental cost in the course of this transfer.

Please reply urgently by fax or e-mail as we expect
that the transaction will not take more than ten
working days. And please note that this transaction
must be top secret.

Best regard.

Engr.Joseph Kayode

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