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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: "Dr. Jibunoh Olachi" <dr.jibunoholachi4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr.olachi_jibunoh1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:32:27 +0100
Subject: TOP BUSINESS




DR. OLACHI JIBUNOH

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NNPC

HEAD OFFICE 49 MOSCOW ROAD PORT HARCOURT

RIVER STATE NIGERIA.



Dear Sir,



How are you today? I presume you are doing well.



My name is Dr. Olachi Jibunoh, I am the Deputy Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).



My
office is saddled with the responsibility of contract award, screening,
categorization and privatization of projects embarked upon by
department of petroleum resources (D.P.R.).



This is the reason why I contacting you;



There
were series of contracts executed by a consortium of multinationals in
the oil industry in favour of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) among which were:



1. The
expansion of pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and
downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation worth – US$2
Billion.

2. Contract for turn around maintenance (TAM) of various refineries in the country worth US$1.6 Billion.

3. The construction of storage tanks for petroleum product (depots).

However
the companies that actually executed the aforementioned contracts have
been fully paid and the projects officially commissioned. The crux of
this letter is that the Finance/Contract Department of the (NNPC) under
my instruction deliberately over-invoiced the contract value of the
various contracts awarded. In the course of disbursements, my department
has been able to accumulate the sum of $120M (Hundred and Twenty
Million United States Dollars Only) as the over invoiced sum.



This
money is currently in a suspense account of the (NNPC) with the debt
management office (DMO). We now seek to process the transfer of this
fund officially as contract payment to you as a foreign contractor, who
will be fronting for us as the beneficiary of the fund. In this way we
can facilitate these funds into your nominated company’s account for
possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter of government
policy to operate any foreign account as civil servants.



Now my questions are:-



1. Can you handle this project?

2. Can I give you this trust?

3. What will be your commission if you can facilitate the movement of this fund into your company’s account?

If you can handle this transaction go ahead and contact me so that I will furnish you with more details and the modalities.

I look forward to your quick reply.



Best regards,



DR. OLACHI JIBUNOH.


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