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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: bernard engr <engrbernard866@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:57:23 +0100
Subject: With due respect to you:


Mr. Bernard Otti
Group Executive Director, Finance and Accounts
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. (NNPC)
Abuja.
Date: Aug,23rd, 2014.

With due respect to you.

I am apologetic contacting you through this medium it's just the need of
the matter that propelled me to reach you via this medium, hope you will
understand.
Well, it is my pleasure to write this mail basically to seek your consent
on this issue which involves convey of an over-invoiced sum of money from
my ministry NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) to you for
investment.

The amount involved is euros 18.2 million as Chairman Contracts Award
Committee my ministry Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
awarded a contract to a Germany firm, (WOLFF & MÃœLLER Holding GmbH & Co.)
for the section maintenance of our refinery in 2012, the actual amount for
the maintenance was Euros 48.7 million, bring the total amount to Euros
66.9 million.

So, we deliberately inflated this amount to Euros 18.2 million, for our
personal investment and presently the contract has been completed and final
payment of Euros 48.7 million has been paid to the Germany firm last month
on contract completion. Therefore wish to move out this balance of $18.2
million for investment, since our general election is fast approaching next
year, hence our reason of raising this fund to invest it or bank it
overseas for safe keeping if not invested.

We have worked carefully to secure the approval of this fund while the
original contract value has been paid to the Germany firm that executed the
contract, so the remaining balance of Euros 18.2 million is what we intend
to move secretly for investment using your details and asserting your
details as a sub-contractor that made some supply to the German contractor,
we will raise documents to support the payment.
Our modalities will be discussed as soon as you indicate your willingness
to work with me privately.

Please I am sending this letter to you with all hope that you will work
with me amid full confidence because as a civil servant it is against our
ethics to operate a foreign account while in service. I urge you to please
take this very serious since its 100% risk free; I promise not to fail in
my obligation to make it a success and opportunity to own investment
outside my country.

Best Regards,

Mr. Bernard Otti
Tel: +2348115106025.
You can reply via this private email address: engr.otti222@yahoo.com

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