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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: "Engr Andrew Yakubu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andyakubu74@yahoo.es>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:05:47 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION.

Dear friend,

Good day to you.I am Engr.Andrew Yakubu,The Group Managing Director(GMD),The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC). As you may know,we are into Crude Oil Ventures(Exploration and Refining).

I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the Engineering and Building industry in favour of the (NNPC) among which were;


1)CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OIL PIPELINES ;-US$400Million


2)OIL WELL/TANKS MAINTENANCE;-US$200Million

3)SLUM ELECTRIFICATION;
Power supply to Buildings/Utilities within the NNPC
Environs-Streetlight.-US$100Million

4)WASTE DISPOSALS/RECREATION PARK;
Construction of domestic solid waste collection Points and disposal infrastructure-US$50Million.

However Three of the companies that actually executed the aforementioned contracts have been fully paid and the projects officially commissioned.But one of them,named Mr Roland Mueller,a German Electical Engineering Contractors has since then failed to show up for his balance payment of $45Million.All our attempts to reach him have failed as we were informed by a close source of his that Mr Roland Mueller died of cancer of the lungs late last year in Germany.We have since then been waiting to hear from any of his close relative or family member or next of kin,same source confirmed to us that late Mr Mueller had no child and as such has no specific person as his next of kin.

Consequently, I am willing to accept you in as the bonafide owner and beneficiary to
the $45Million still in the Central Bank of Nigeria.With all the legal documents involved and provided,I can make approval for immediate transfer of the total amount of $45Million into your account for subsequent disbursement, since I as civil servant is prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in my names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In return, I have agreed to offer you 25% of the transferred sum, 5% shall be used to defray all expenses incurred in the course of transferring these funds to your account, such as taxation,documentations and other miscellaneous.As you may know that any foreign transfer of funds these days involves proper verifications and documentation as required by both remitting and receiving banks,this will cost money,but as soon as the funds is transferred to your bank account,first,all the cost expenses made shall
be deducted from the 5% meant for miscellaneous,you will then be mandated to revert the balance to me in due course,please take note.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions; My conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality and secrecy.
Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of the funds within 5 - 7 working days subject to your satisfaction of the above terms.

My assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security of funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed with your name or any company you may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us include this transfer in the last batch of the 2013 fiscal year contract payments.

Please,furnish us with your personal details such as;
(1)Full Name
(2)Contact Address
(3)Personal Telephone(MOBILE) Number
(4)Present Occupation.
(5)Age/Sex.
(6)A copy of your personal ID(passport or license).
Please treat as very urgent.

Best regards,

Engr.Andrew Yakubu,
Group Managing Director(GMD),
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC).
FCT.Abuja,Nigeria.

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