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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: =?utf-8?q?=22Contact=22?= <contact@swiftinternational.eu>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 01:59:20 +0100
Subject: HELLO

Reply-To: thedone@mail.com
Tel +44 7466157429


Dear Sir/Madam,

This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever
form,
rather is intended to contact your esteemed self, following the
knowledge of
your high repute and trustworthiness. Firstly, I must solicit your
confidentiality. I know that a proposal of this magnitude will make
anyone
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well
at the
end of the day.

I am Mr. Alhaji Omah Mohamed, and I head a seven man tender board in
charge
of contract awards and payment approvals, I came to know of you in
search of
a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential business
transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to
foreign
account requiring maximum confidence. My colleagues and I are top
officials
of the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION {NNPC}. Our duties
include,
vetting, evaluation and foreseeing the maintenance of the refineries
in all
the designated pipelines. We are therefore soliciting for your
assistance to
enable us transfer into your account the said funds.

The source of the fund is as follows: During the last government of
Late
President Musa Yar'Adua, this committee awarded contracts of
US$40million to
a group of five construction companies on behalf of the NIGERIAN
NATIONAL
PETROLEUM CORPORATION, for the construction of the oil pipelines in
Kaduna,
Port-Harcourt, and Warri refineries. During this process, my
colleagues and
I deliberately inflated the total contract sum to the tune of
US$42.8million
with the intention of sharing the inflated sum of US$2.8M.

The government has since approved the sum of US$428 for us as the
contract
sum, but since the contract is only worth US$40million, the remaining
US$2.8million is what we intend to transfer to a reliable and safe
offshore
account; we are prohibited to operate foreign accounts in our names
since we
are still in government, thus making it impossible for us to acquire
the
money in our name right now, I have therefore been delegated as a
matter of
trust by my colleagues, to look for an overseas partner, into whose
account
we shall transfer the sum of US$2.8million.

My colleagues and I have decided that if you/your company can be the
beneficiary of these funds on our behalf, you or your company will
retain
20% of the total sum US$2.8million while 75% will be for us the
officials
and remaining 5% will be used for offsetting all debts/expenses
incurred
during this transaction.

We have decided that this transaction can only proceed under the
following
conditions: That you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality. That upon the receipt of the funds, you will release
the
funds as will be instructed by us after you have removed your share of
20%.

I will bring you into the nomenclature of this transaction when I have
heard
from you.A

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we hope to cash-in
on the
next payment schedule for the financial quarter. Please be assured
that this
transaction is 100% legal/risk free, only mutual trust and good faith
can
make this transaction a reality.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Mr. Omah Mohamed
Private Tel: +44 7466157429
Private E-mail: thedone@mail.com

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