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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: "Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)" <timi_depriye12@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:23:12 +0800
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME....




Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Timi Depriye of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Portharcourt office. With the assistance of some senior official of the
Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance and our office
here in Portharcourt, we want to quietly transfer the sum of £21.5m from
NNPC offshore account to over-sea trust account. This £21.5 Million arose
from over-invoicing of contract receipts for the Turn Around Maintenance
(TAM) of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries in Nigeria and also the
rehabilitation of Petroleum pipelines, depot and jetties.

The Federal Government and the Federal Ministry of Petroleum resources
have approved the total value of £280m, and the payment of foreign
contractors from Japan, France, UK and U.S.A. has already started, because
most part of the work for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) has been fully
completed, we will use your company as a consultant and job costing
contractor to NNPC so that the £21.5m can be transferred into your account
without any hitch whatsoever. If you are interested in assisting us in
this transaction, kindly, provide us the following immediately to enable
us discuss further details for the successful completion of this
transaction.

Your full Name:
Your full address:
Age:
Marital status:
Gender:
Occupation:
Country:
Phone number and fax #:

Regards.
Timi Depriye

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