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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: "Mr. Abdul Al Awar" <kamion@sovam.kharkov.ua>
Reply-To: albdulalawar@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 20:40:23 +0000
Subject: From: Mr. Abdul Al Awar.


I Mr. Abdul Al Awar, a director in the project and planning department of =
the Emirates National Oil Company, U.A.E. I head a seven man Tenders Board =
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals. I came to know=
of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very c=
onfidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money=
to a foreign account. There were series of contracts executed by a consort=
ium of Multinationals in the oil industry in Emirates National Oil Company,=
U.A.E among which were;
1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Emirate for crude oil and d=
ownstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation- US$2 Billion.
2) Contract for Turn around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in E=
mirate.
3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)-US$9=
4 Million.
The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in =
the sum of Twenty Five million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars=
(US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and now ready to be tr=
ansferred. However the companies that actually executed the aforementioned =
contract have been fully paid and the projects officially commissioned.
=

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount =
into your account for subsequent disbursement; nonetheless, civil servants =
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau of Emirates Civil Service Laws=
from opening and/or operating foreign accounts. Needless to say, the trust=
reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed amo=
ngst ourselves to offer you 15% of the transferred sum, 5% shall be set asi=
de for any incidental expenses during the course of this transaction, you w=
ill then be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.
You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following te=
rms and conditions; our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligenc=
e, that you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality and se=
crecy. Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Finance=
Department of the Emirate, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates and th=
e Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance =
of the funds within 10 - 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of th=
e above terms.
=

Our 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 bonafide final beneficiary. Once more, I want you t=
o understand that having put in over 20 years in the Civil Service of my co=
untry; I am very much averse to having my image and career dented. This mat=
ter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly exp=
edite immediate action as we are well behind schedule to enable us include =
this transfer in the last batch of the 2013 fiscal year contract arrears pa=
yments. Please Find enclose copies of my identification for your perusal an=
d I look forward to hearing from you ASAP.
=

Best Regards,
Mr. Abdul Al Awar.

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