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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: Jabu Kelly <kelly.jabu2007v@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 06:00:20 -0700
Subject: Contract form Qatar Petroleum and Mitsui & Co, Ltd

Contract form qatar petroleum and mitsui & co., ltd.

>From Mr Kelly Jabu;

Qatar petroleum and mitsui &co.ltd,

Dear Sir/Madam,

Permission to remit us$30 million into your company or private account, it
is my pleasure to write and inform you of a transaction involving the
transfer of (USD) $30,000,000.00 (thirty million U.S dollars) only into a
foreign account for safekeeping pending my arrival for the sharing with you
as the account owner into which the money is remitted.

I am an accountant with the (Qatar Petroleum and Mitsui &co.ltd) and this
money originated from over-invoiced contract executed for the corporation
some years back. This contract has long been completed by a foreign firm
and the contractor duly paid.

I now seek if you would permit the surplus to be remitted into your account
as a matter of fact, we are top government officials and we cannot come out
openly to claim this amount.

This is the reason why I am looking for a competent and honest company or
individual abroad whose bank account can be use to transfer the fund.
However, I would wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not
sit on the money when it goes into your account.

More importantly, you will have to keep this transaction confidential, in
order not to tarnish the confidence reposed on the officials involved in
this transaction to effect this transfer, I therefore request the following
from you;

Your fax and telephone numbers, your address for quick communication, this
transaction is 100% risk free. Hence it requires high level of confidence
and secrecy. Meanwhile this is the breakdown of the sharing modalities:

A. 5% will be used to settle transfer charges and legal protocols;

B. 40% is for using your account;

C. 55% of it will be for us the originators.

Be informed that on completion of this business I will use part of my money
to invest in your country under your care and supervision.

I await your urgent response to enable us proceed.

Regards,

Mr. Jabu

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