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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: john david <jeffallen91@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: john david <johndavidmm13@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:05:24 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.


 NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
FALOMO COMPLEX IKOYI LAGOS.
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL.

Attention,

This letter may come to you as a surprise since we have not met before. I got your contact from the world trade bureau with further information from a reliable source,however,I decided to contact you based on satisfactory and reliable information about you and your organisations as regards the business information concerning your country and safety of our funds in a steady well defined economy such as that of your country compared to that of our country Nigeria.
I am the Principal Auditor General of the Nigeria National Petroleum Co-peration (N.N.P.C) I and my close and trusted collegues from the Task Force set up by the Federal Government to investigate the missing FORTY NINE
MILLION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLARS($49M) in the oil industry recently,as alleged by some members of the opposition parties against the MINISTER OF PETROLEUM for misappropration of the missing fund, need your assistance in the transfer of Seventy Five million U.S.A. dollars only ( $75m UNITED STATES) into any reliable account you may nominate overseas.This fund was generated from over floating account of contracts executed by some Foreign
contractors during the military regime in Nigeria which was approved for payment but was not paid by the N.N.P.C to the said Contractors due to unsatisfactry completion of the contracts.
This fund is now ready to be remitted into any account of your choice without detection.
I want to assure you that your involvement should you assist us will be well protected since everything is perfected by us. It is 100% risk free for our side.

We have also put in place the machinery to gaurranttee a successful conclusion that this fund should be shared according to the agreement reached by us and your organisations, and we shall invest part of the fund in buying
your products or any business you can nominate for us because we are not business men (we are government workers).

Thanks for your anticipated corparation while we look forward to a mutully benefiting business relationship with you.

Please,when replying kindly include your phone number and email address where I can reach you any time.

Reply to johndavidmm13@gmail.com


REGARDS

MR.JOHN DAVID

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