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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: "George Ochuko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgeochuko010@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 12:00:19 -0800
Subject: @@@From Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas [NLNG]!!!!

 
Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas [NLNG]
NLNG House, Broad Street,
Lagos Central Business District,
LAGOS-NIGERIA

Dear Friend,

RE: TRANSFER OF USD36,500,000.00 (THIRTY SIX, MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.

I wish to bring to you this proposal in my capacity as Chief Accountant, and in full agreement with the Auditor-General of this Company the Nigeria Liqiuified Natural Gas.The above sum resulted from inflated contract amount from awarded and executed contracts by this company .

We wish to transfer this surplus amount to your account overseas for safe keeping for a mutual benefit and investment. For more information on this, get back to me on this email(georgeochuko010@yahoo.com.hk) as soon as possible for commencement of the fund transfer.


Best regards,
George Ochuko

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مؤسسة الرعاية الإجتماعية وشؤون القصر

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