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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: "Mr.B. Desmond" <contracta@ibibo.com>
Reply-To: contractaward@ibibo.com
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:17 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: US$28.5MILLION BUSINESS PROPOSAL




Dear Sir,
I write to appeal for your co-operation to enable us secure an approval on your
behalf for a total sum of US$28.5Million of an over invoiced contract amount to
be transferred from our central bank to your nominated bank account for our
mutual benefit. I know that this proposal may come to you as a surprise.
Early last year there was a major oil spillage in the Niger Delta Region of
Nigeria which rendered over 70% of the communities homeless. So the federal
government decided to lease the three existing petroleum refineries to private
individuals and companies to make the refineries more viable, resourceful and to
eliminate undue wastage. So contracts were awarded to a foreign firm for the
repair and construction of new refineries. The real contract value was
US$91.5Million, but we over estimated contract to the tune of US$120Million. Now
the contract has been completed and the original contractor has since been paid,
but the contract balance of US$28.5Million, which is the monetary profit we
envisaged from the over invoiced contract sum is been left in a suspense account
with the CENTRAL BANK corresponding paying bank in Europe.
I have been assigned by my other colleagues to seek for assistance of a reliable
foreigner through whom we can transfer this sum of US$28.5Million which arose
from the deliberate over-inflated contract value. It does not matter whether you
or your company does contract project of the nature described here, but the
assumption is that you won a major contract and subcontracted it to another
company, because more often non big trading companies or individuals of
unrelated field win major contracts here and subcontracts same to more
specialized firms for execution. So the nature of your business is not
particularly relevant for the success of this transaction. All we require is
your willingness as a foreigner to co-operate with us and assurance that our own
share will be given to us when this money is transferred into your account. We
shall use our position to secure all the government approvals in your favor to
enable the transfer of this remaining US$28.5Million to your nominated bank
account.
We have agreed that you will be entitled to 25% of the entire funds, 70% will be
for us, while 5% will be set aside to cover any unforeseen expenses that may be
incurred by both parties during this transaction, both local and international.
All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a no risk situation on the
sides of both parties and it is believed that the conclusion of this transaction
will not last more than 8 working days, since the money is already in transit
account with the corresponding paying bank in Europe.
I will call you when I receive your direct telephone number to discuss this more
with you and also send you all the details immediately as I receive your reply.
Treat as very confidential matter and please reply me only to: nnpc.cawa@ibibo.com
Much Regards,
Mr. Desmound















































































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