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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: "Chief Olukoye Gabriel Olukoye (J.P)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olukoyeg@blumail.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:56:04 +0100
Subject: quest for a foreign trustee

Compliments,
 
I amChiefOlukoye Gabriel Olukoye(J.P), 55 years of age and the executive Accountant with Mobil Petroleum Nigeria unlimited in control of the foreign Procurement and contract allocation Department of this multinational Company.
 
First, I apologize using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium, I got your contact on my confidential search on the data base of your Country Citizen on the internet, on my quest for a foreign partner and trustee on the claim and joint utilization of an existing contract payment that is existing unclaimed since the year 2004.
 
This amountUSD13, 200,000:00(Thirteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) represents the value of a contract awarded to a foreign contractor by my company (Mobil) on the supply of technical and Petroleum Product drilling equipment, the contract was dully executed and the contract payment was transferred into the domiciliary bank account of this contractor here in Nigeria, ever since this payment was transferred into the said bank account, the management of this bank has expected the account owner to come up for the routine operation of this account, but this has been impossible on further investigation it was discovered that this contractor died of Ischemic heart disease in the year 2004, and non one has come up to lay claims on this fund that the account has been dormant.
 
I have contacted you as a foreigner to stand as my trustee and foreign partner to enable me present you before the bank as the either the business associate or the distant relative of this contractor, to facilitate this fund ownership change in your favour and immediate transfer into your account, pending my visit there in your country for sharing and utilization between us, I also want to reassure you that every step on this fund transfer is free of any risk and it will be carried out under a legitimate process that will protect you from any breach of the law.
 
For this assistance you are going to provide, you will be entitled to 45% of the total amount, 55% will be for me, while 5% is for miscellaneous expenses.
 
This transaction is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality it deserves.
 
However, before further details of this laudable transaction will be revealed to you. I must be convinced of your integrity, transparency and honest, so I will require from the following details:-
 
Your name in full.
Your residential Address in full.
Your Mobile (Cell) telephone number.
Tel/Fax Number/
Brief information on your profile, this should include your age, marital status and nature of Job.
 
This is highly, business transaction that requires someone with experience, exposure and more than average means of livelihood. Please treat this transaction as strictly confidential as I am still active with this organization. Forward your response to this my email account:
olukoyeg@blumail.org
 
Sincerely,
 
ChiefOlukoye Gabriel Olukoye(J.P).

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