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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 Bill Yagha <bill.yagha@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: billyagha11@qatar.io
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:26:00 +0400
Subject: Attn:




--
Attn:

Though i have not considered this medium to be the best
manner to have approached you on this issue being that the internet has
been greatly abused over the recent years and is very unsecured for
information of vital importance.

I have decided to take the chance seeing
that no other means could have been faster and more efficient than the
E-mail. I write to you irrespective of the fact that you do not know me,
but please do consider this letter as a request from a partner in dire need
of your assistance.

I want to introduce myself and this business proposal
to you. I am Mr Bill Yagha the Group Executive Director, Finance and
Accounting in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head
a seven-man tenders committee in charge of Foreign/Expatriate Contract. I
am in search for a key person to handle a very confidential transaction
based on unflinching trust as we have not met before.

This transaction
involves the transfer of huge sum of foreign exchange (the United States
Dollars) to a foreign account.

There were a series of contracts executed
by a Consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in favor of NNPC
among which are:

(1) The expansion and rehabilitation of the aging
pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and down stream
products

distribution and evacuation -US Billion.

(2) Contracts for the
Turn around Maintenance (TAM) of the four epileptic refineries in the
country.

(3) The construction of more storage tanks and maintenance and
servicing of old ones for Petroleum Products Storage (Depots) - US
Million.

(4) The construction of Escrow Gas Production Offshore
facility.

The original value of these contracts was deliberately
over-invoiced in the sum of USD Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand
(,500,000.00) by this committee (CRPAC) during the awards of the various
contract. This sum (,500,000.00) has now been approved for payment by this
committee (CRPAC) and is now ready to be transferred by the Contract Paying
Bank In Nigeria to the account of any individual and or company which the
CRPAC presents as the beneficiary, since the company that actually executed
these contracts has been fully paid their fund and the projects have been
officially commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount to your account for subsequent disbursement on
our behalf, since we as civil servants and we are also serving in a
sensitive foreign payment approval committee (CRPAC) are prohibited by the
Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening or operating
foreign account and or dealing in foreign exchange in our names. Needless
to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return,
we have agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum, while 5% shall be
set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external)

accrued between
the parties in the course of the transaction. The balance will be used to
purchase some agricultural equipments and some tractors from your country
for importation back to my country. You must however note that this
transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions:

{A) Our
conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
{B) That you would
treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
(C) That you
have an unflinching trust in us, and our ability to complete all official
processes with your co-operation.

(D) That the funds would be transferred
to an ordinary account which you have total control over.

Modalities have
been worked out (secretly) at the highest levels of the relevant government
departments involved and the Paying Bank for the immediate transfer of
funds within 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the above
stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is risk-free. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual

security of the fund,
the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with
your name or the name of any company you may nominate as the real
beneficiary, as in an ideal situation. It is imperative that you bear in
mind that having put in 30 years in the service of the government; I am
averse to having my image and career dented.

This matter should therefore
be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite action by
contacting me on my e-mail address, indicating your interest in this
transaction. For swift response to your reply, kindly indicate your fax and
telephone numbers clearly so that I can explain further, especially by fax.
I am urgently waiting your reply as payment to foreign contractors is
usually made on quarterly basis. All i want is to move this fund out of
Nigeria to your country.

I would appreciate you respond to me through my
personal email for security reasons E-mail: billyagha11@qatar.io

Yours
faithfully,
Mr Bill Yagha
Group Executive Director,
Finance and Accounting,
NNPC
billyagha11@qatar.io

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