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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: "Greg Williams" <mff001finance@aol.com>
Reply-To: mr.gregwilliams@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:54:24 +0500 (TJT)
Subject: FROM:Federal Ministry of Agriculture (FMA)


Hello Sir,

It is with trust and confidence that i write to make this urgent business
proposal to you. I was assigned by two of my

colleague to seek for a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a
convenient foreign account in any designated bank

abroad for the transfer of us$45,500,000.00 pending on our arrival in your
country for utilization and disbursement with the

owner of the account.

This amount results from a deliberate inflation of the value of a contract
awarded by our ministry - the federal ministry of

agriculture (FMA) to an expatriate company. The contract has been executed
and payment made to the original contractor,

remaining the over-invoiced amount of us$45.5 million, which we want to
transfer the funds out of the country in our favour

for disbursement among ourselves. The transfer of this money can only be
possible with the help of a foreigner who will be

presented as the beneficiary of the fund.

As a government officials, we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts,
and this is the reason why we decided to contact

you. we have agreed that if you/your company can act as the beneficiary of
this fund (us$45,500,000.00 million) 35% of the

total sum will be for you for providing the account while 5% will be set
aside for the expenses incurred during the cost of

transfer of the fund into our account while 60% will be reserved for us.

We hereby solicit for your assistance in providing a convenient account
number in a designated bank abroad where this fund

would be transferred. We intend coming over there on the completion of
this transfer to secure our own share of the money.

Please note that we have been careful and have made all arrangements
towards the success and smooth transfer of the fund to

your account before you. For security reasons and confidentiality of this
transaction, we demand that you should not expose

this proposal and the entire transaction to anybody.

We are putting so much trust in you with the hope that you would not
betray us or sit on this money when it is finally

transferred into your account. Be rest assured that this transaction is
100% risk free. if this proposal is acceptable to

you, indicate your interest by sending email to us including your bank
name & address, account number, telephone and fax

numbers..

Note that the particular nature of your company's business is irrelevant
to this transaction. if this transaction interests

you, your urgent response will be appreciated.

Regards,

Greg Williams

Cell No:+234-808963 9809







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