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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: "Professor Attahiru Jega,OFR)" <Prof_jaga@consultant.com>
Reply-To: alikennethrandy@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 04:30:40 +0500 (PKT)
Subject: Your Attention Is Needed!!




Dear Sir,

Compliments of the day, I know that this letter may come to you as a
surprise since I had no previous correspondence with you. I am in deed
very sorry to have invaded your privacy by contacting you in this
manner.

I am Professor Attahiru Jega, OFR)the Chairman of Independent National
Electoral Commission(INEC)Nigeria, I got your contact through LinkedIn
network after carefully going through your profile in the course of
my search for a reliable person with whom to handle a very
confidential transaction involving the transfer of fund valued at
twenty two Million United States Dollars (US$22M)to a safe foreign
account I will also like to invest path of this money in real estate
or any area of your choice in your country.

The above fund in question is not connected with arms, drugs or money
laundering. It is the product of over invoice on contract awarded in
February 2011 by the federal government of Nigeria inconjuction with
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the necessary
bill passed by Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria, to a foreign
company for the supply of Direct Data Capture Machine and other
electoral material for Registration and Re validation of Voters Card
for the just concluded 2015 elections.

The contract has been executed by the four different companies from
Canada, South Africa, Japan and a Local company here in Nigeria and
payment of the actual contract amount made to the contractors leaving
the balance of (USD$22M) United States Dollars in a dormant account
which my colleagues and I now want to transfer out of the Nigerian
Shore into a reliable foreign account for our personal use. As civil
servants, we do not have the necessary foreign account machinery to
successfully handle this transaction without raising an eyebrow from
the federal government of Nigeria. Therefore it becomes necessary to
source for a foreign company with the capability to act as the
original beneficiary of the contract.

It is a good thing that the outgoing president Dr GoodLuck Jonathan
has endorsed the resolution passed by the senate that all foreign
contractors owed by the federal government of Nigeria should be paid
we will seize this good opportunity to purport you as one of the to be
paid. If you are interested in this proposal kindly email to me your
letter of acceptance along with your full details direct telephone and
fax numbers.

My colleagues and I have decided to share the money in the following
ratio: 75% for my colleagues and me, then20% for you the account owner
5% for all local and international expenses that may arise in the
course of this transaction if accepted by your good self.

Further details about this transaction will be discussed in the
subsequent correspondence. This transaction is strictly confidential
but 100% risk free.

Note also that the particular nature of your business is irrelevant to
this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please
confirm your interest via this email:Prof_jaga@consultant.com


Yours faithfully,
Professor Attahiru Jega,OFR)
Tel+234-909-088-3201




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