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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: "LAURENT SAUVAGE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <laursauvmailbox1@r7.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:24:08 -0400
Subject: Re; YOUR ATTENTION NEEDED

Hello,

CONFIDING IN YOU!
I am Laur H. Sauvage, Lawyer & World Bank Senior Auditor (Washington DC USA). World Bank in conjunction with the NNPC has appointed me to audit the financial books and records of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from 2002 to 2012. Because there have been so many unclaimed and unpaid contract funds lying fallow and not paid for years, the World Bank together with the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the immediate audit review of all financial books and records of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC including contract papers between 2002 ? 2012 to ascertain reason or reasons why these numerous multimillion dollars contract funds are not paid. In the course of my audit and accounting investigation at the Petroleum Corporation as World Bank Appointed Independent Auditor, one of the unclaimed numerous contract funds amounting to multimillion US Dollars caught my attention.

The contract has been long executed and the contract payment approved and ready for release but the foreign expatriate contractor HANSEN-LEE BUCKER (An Asian-American) who executed the contract has died since 2005 in the South American Island of Martinique while on vacation. Since December 2005, the Contract Fund has been ready to be paid to either his Associate or Representative but the contract documents did not specify or made mention of the name of either his Associates or Representatives to receive the fund.

This loophole has made it possible for me to present you as his Associate or Representative to receive the contract fund. As a Lawyer, Senior Auditor and Accountant that worked on the contract details and have all facts and documents about the contract, I have the legal contract documents to present you to the Corporation as his Associate or Representative to enable us claim the fund as I have copies of all Original Contract Documents/Papers. I audited the Corporation and with these original documents, the contract fund is as good as claimed.

The GOOD NEWS is that the Corporation has approved the payment to be released via the Corporation's Offshore Bankers in USA, JP Morgan Chase Bank New York. The contract fund is to be paid to the Associate or Representative to the deceased Contractor, HANSEN-LEE BUCKER. I need your partnership to claim the contract fund. I shall present you to the Corporation as his Associate or Representative and I will back it up with the Original Contract documents at my disposal and the fund will be released to us while we share it accordingly in a percentage that will be good both of us.

Send me your personal details such as; Your Full names, Your contact address, your phone and fax numbers, age, sex and occupation. Upon receivining your details, I shall give you my details, copy of my identification and further details of the Contract once I receive your response agreeing to partner with you to claim this fund.

I wait for your reply.

Regards,

Laur H. Sauvage
Lawyer & World Bank Senior Audit
Direct Tel: + 1 202 417 6752Re

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