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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: pasch4@mecx.owncloud.arvixe.com
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:02:48 +0000
Subject: PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT EVER YOU FEEL THAT CAN CAUSE HINDRANCE


Hello Dear,

My name is Engineer Stella P. Mike. I am the immediate past Group
Managing Director (GMD) of National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I
got your contact from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Ministry
of International Industry directories and felt to write you. I need
your mutual understanding due to sometimes man is God to a fellow
human, that is why I feel to contact you for assistance to enable me
transferring US$19.5 Million dollars outside here. I am also aware
that nothing goes just like that and I believe it will be favorable
for both of us if sincerity and trust will be maintained after the
process.

The money is part of the excess oil sales profits we made from our
last year (2013) oil sales. I have already submitted annual report for
last year sales to the minister, and they did not notice the excess
profit made because Nigeria is a very rich oil country. I deposited
the US$19.5 Million dollars in an escrow account without a beneficiary
(Anonymous), to avoid any trace and I cannot be directly connected to
this money because I still work with the Corporation as personal
adviser to petroleum minister. So, I need your kind assistance to help
me transfer this money.

I wholeheartedly offer you 40% of this money on grounds that without
your cooperation it can work out for me. Then 8%/10% for whatever that
might come across as expenses and 50% would be for me pending when I
come over for us to see each other so far the confidence and trust
will be maintain. This transaction will be risk free because it will
be a bank-to-bank transfer as I planned.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing
this transaction go through. Please if you will be capable and willing
to help, kingly reply through my direct email address: -
stellamike131@yahoo.com for more details.

Yours Sincerely,

Engr. Stella P. Mike


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