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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: HON. FAROUK MOHAMMED LAWAN <national_assembly@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: farouk_lawan@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:45:20 +0600 (ALMT)
Subject: KINDLY REPLY ASAP.


>From the desk of:
HON. FAROUK MOHAMMED LAWAN
MEMBER FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Emails= h_nationalassembly@rocketmail.com
national_assembly@rocketmail.com
Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR AN URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

After due deliberation with my colleagues, I have decided to forward to you this business proposal. We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ( $20,500,000 ) into his / her account.

This fund resulted from the oil subsidy probes and from contracts awarded by NNPC {NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION} And the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA)],under the budget allocation to the Petroleum Ministry by the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY as, these is part of her oversight function and this said amount has been approved for payment by the concerned Ministries. The contract/and subsidy for importation of Petroleum Products into Nigeria, has since been executed, commissioned and the contractors was paid the actual cost of their contracts from 2007/2010 On our probes as a panel for the investigations we found this amount that are left with the balance of US$20.5M as part of the over-invoiced/inflated amount which The officials of This oil corporation have deliberately over estimated for their own use. But under our protocol law, public servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign accounts. This is why I am contacting you to be our custodian for this fund.

As you may want to know and to make you less curious, I got your address from address in internet site that portrayed your (you) establishment in good light. I am the leader of these, Oil Subsidy Probe Panel, probing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC){PPRA} on the importation of petroleum products into Nigeria, setup by Federal House of Representatives/National Assembly. {Hon Farouk Lawan - led ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives2011/2012}


This transaction is very much free from all sorts of RISKS and TROUBLE from my Government. We Federal Law Makers/ Officials involved in this deal have put in many years in service to this Country. We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. You need not to worry about the responsibilities of transferring this fund into your account, for all the administrative steps needed for the transfer of this fund into your designated bank account will be done by me. I and my colleagues have agreed to COMPENSATE you duly if agreement is reached by both of us.
I and one of my colleagues involved in this deal will come to your country to arrange for our share, upon the confirmation from you that the money has been credited into your nominated bank account.

Consequent upon your acceptance of this proposal, kindly confirm your interest by Telephone to me, through my Direct/emails. Your indication by revert Telephone or Mail to me of your sincere and serious interest will enable me send you the PROCEDURE FOR OPERATION. If my line is busy, please keep trying you will surely get through.
NOTE: In the event of your inability to handle this transaction please inform us so that we can look for another reliable person who can assist in this respect.

It might surprise you why we choose you and trusted you for this transaction. Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you for this transaction. We are looking forward to doing this transaction with you. Be further informed that everyone's interest and security had been considered before you were contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with us.

But let Honesty and Trust be our watchword throughout this transaction and your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.

Thank you and God bless.
Best Regards,
Hon Farouk Lawan
NB: If you want to send me an e-mail message, please use the above listed e-mail address (farouk_lawan@rocketmail.com) for confidential reasons.





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