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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: "Evidence Osakwe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evidenceosakwe126@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 12:46:26 -0800
Subject: Legitimate Offer

Sir/Madam,
 
CONTRACT PAYMENT
 
Owing to the current sanitization of the Oil and Gas sector in The Federal Republic of Nigeria by the present administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I write you this Proposal for an urgent business accord.
 
I am the current secretary to the oil and Gas Trust Funds Committee (OGTFC) set up last year by the Presidency to bring sanity to the Oil and Gas sector in Nigeria by ensuring the sector is revitalized and put back in its best form. Part of the committee's mandate is to pay up all debts that the Federal Government of Nigeria owe its foreign contractors and in the course of my job which entails carrying out inquiries on foreign contractors that we are to pay, a notice was brought forward to me on a contract awarded to a foreign firm to "SUPPLY PIPELINE PRODUCTS TO THE WARRI, KADUNA AND PORT-HARCOURT REFINERIES" issued out by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) in 1995 by the then Military regime of Late General Sani Abacha when the 3 Refineries were undergoing a Turn Around Maintenance(TAM).
After several attempt made to contact this firm to come forward and put up a claim for its payment there was no response. It was later that a confidant of mine in the Nigeria National Petroleum (NNPC) whose office handled the contract award told me that the firm was actually a fictitious one, floated by the then Late General Sani Abacha to siphon money through the NNPC and with the amount involved in the contract sum, which is "ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS ($140,470,000 USD)" I decided to look for a foreign partner to come forward and put up a claim so that we can pay this fund to him as if he was the original executor of the contract, and later arrange for my share.
 
This is why I decided to contact you to assist me in achieving this objectives. I will want you to know that there is no risk involved in this deal especially with my being the Secretary of the committee and since the funds have been made available for payment by the Presidency, it will be paid as soon as you apply for it. All I want you to do is indicate in your reply to this mail that you can assist me so that we can then work out the percentage that would be accrued to you for your assistance. Please only get back to me if you know you are capable of handling this deal.
 
Please contact me via my personal email account: evidenceosakwe126@yahoo.com
 
While I await your response.
 
Thank You,
Yours Faithful,
Evidence Osakwe
 
 

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