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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: "Mr. Brad Bryans" <mr.bradbryans@gmail.com>
Reply-To: brad_bryans@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 20:12:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From: Mr.Brad Bryans



Greetings,



Compliments of the day. I got your contact from a reliable methodical
source and I had the assurance of establishing rightly with you if you are
going to be honest as I wanted to explain things more to you. I am Mr Brad
Bryans a director in the project and planning department of the State Oil
Company of Azerbaijan. I have been working with this firm for 20 years
now it is the government-owned entity responsible for all aspects of
exploration and development related to oil and gas fields both onshore and
offshore for the Republic of Azerbaijan, I headed a seven man Tenders
Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals. I am
relaxed to know that you are a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum
of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals
companies from the USA in the oil industry in favor of the State Oil
Company of Azerbaijan. among below were contracts done to the State Oil
Company of Azerbaijan below;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Azerbaijan for crude oil and
downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - US$38
Million.
2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in
the country.
3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product
(Depots)-US$18 Million.

The original value of of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced
by me and my colleague to the sum of Nine million United States Dollars
US$9,000,000.00) which has recently been approved and now ready to be
transferred to the contractor. However the companies that actually
executed the aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects
officially commissioned.

Consequently, one of my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total
amount of US$9,000,000.00 into your account for subsequent disbursement,
since we are civil servants and we are prohibited by the Code of Conduct
Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts
in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous as
I was believing to propose to you about this project. I have had this plan
to execute this deal all through the time I have been in the state oil of
Azerbaijan In return, we have agreed among the two of us to offer you 15%
of the transferred sum, You must however NOTE that this transaction is
subject to the following terms and conditions; our conviction of your
transparent honesty and diligence, that you must accord this transaction
with utmost confidentiality and secrecy. Modalities have been worked out
at the highest levels of the Ministry of Finance, CENTRAL BANK OF THE
REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN and the Presidential Task Force on Contract
Payment for the immediate remittance of the funds within 5 -working days
subject to your satisfaction of the above terms.

Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security of funds,
the whole procedures shall be legally processed under your custody as i
strongly believe from a reliable source that you will assist us sincerely
as the bonafide final beneficiary whom we trusted and know that you can be
of our total assistance.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 20 years in
the Civil Service, I am very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and
urgency. Kindly expedite immediate action and reply to my private email
account: brad_bryans@hotmail.com as we are well behind schedule to enable
us include this transfer in the first batch of the 2015 fiscal year
contract payments.

Best regards.
Mr Brad Bryans

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