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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. Hassan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hassmustaff@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:19:40 +0100
Subject: I your support and partnership!!

 
                                  OVERSEA INVESTMENT MANAGER                             
Mr. Hassan Mustafa.
Niger Delta Development Commission,
Old Secretariat Complex,Victoria-Island,
Lagos.
 
I am Mr. Hassan Mustafa, an official in the Nigerian Government and also a founding member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I guess this mail will come to you as a surprise, but I believe it's God's direction; the fact is that you and two other people were the result of my search for a foreign contact.
 
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an overseas account where we would transfer some funds into, hence the reason for this mail. We shall be transferring the money to your account with you as the beneficiary, under the guise that you are being paid for a contract which you/your company executed for our country through the NDDC and any other Federal Ministry that we may decide to use for the transfer the fund. My committee - The Niger Delta Development Commission (N.D.D.C.) - is in charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenue for the Nigerian Government which covers payment to foreign and local contractors that have executed contracts for the Niger delta region of our country. The revenue under our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly.
 
I and other colleagues in the N.D.D.C. are currently in need of a foreign partner in whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of  sixteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($16.2M). This fund accrued from various over invoicing of foreign contractor's payments made over the past three years. The total fund is presently waiting in the Government Account named CBN/FGN INDEPENDENT REVENUE account at the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the N.D.D.C, we cannot acquire this fund in our name. This is because as top civil servants, we are not allowed by law to own or operate bank accounts outside our country.
 
For your support and partnership, you will receive a generous percentage of the fund which is subject to negotiation once you signify your willingness to work with us. You must however note that our disposition to continue with you is subject to the following terms. Firstly, our conviction of your transparency followed by your commitment to treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality and above all, that you will provide an account over which you have absolute control. This transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and there is no risk or legal liability either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future as we have put in place the necessary machinery that will ensure a hitch free transfer into your account upon acceptance.
 
The transfer will be effected to your account within ten to fourteen (10-14) working days from the date we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable bank account and company name and address with all your contact numbers fax/telephone. I look forward to doing business with you and do seek your transparency in this transaction, please mail your response to me through my email address above so that I can also give you my phone contact numbers and update you on our plans as to how we intend to actualize this. More so, I will also appreciate you send me your Telephone/Fax numbers in your response.
 
Sincerely yours,
Hassan Mustafa

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