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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: "BEN CHIKEZIE" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 10:00:43 +0100
Subject: CAN WE BE PARTNERS IN BUSINESS?

REV,D BEN CHIKEZIE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTE
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.


Dear Sir,

BUSINESS PROPOSAL: TRANSFER OF US$15.5 M(FIFTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITED STATES DOLLARS)

BUSINESS INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP.
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret as you were introduced to us in confidence through the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, foreign
trade division. and if the contents of this mail does meet with your approval, i humbly crave your indulgence.

I am REV'D BEN CHIKEZIE, the chairman of the Economic Recovery Committee (ERC)set up by the present civilian Government
of Nigeria to review economic policies of government establishments/parastatals, and find out ways to reduce waste and maximise revenues allocated to them.In the course of our work at the ERC, we discovered this fund which resulted from gross re-valuation of contracts by top government officials of the Nigeria National Petroluem Coperation (NNPC). The company that executed the contracts has been duly paid and the contracts commissioned,leaving the sum of US$15.5M Million lying unclaimed in the RESERVE ACCOUNT of Nigeria Government.Upon interogation of the directors of engineering and finance, who both were my contemporaries in the university, they confessed to me in confidence that they had an agreement with the original contractor to over-valuate the original contract by 30%,as gratification to them. This 30% which amounts to US$15.5M was to be their share from the contract. They pleaded to me not to disclose this information to the government as
they will lose their jobs and their family names destroyed, which I discussed with the other two members of my committee and we all unanimously agreed to find a foreign contractor who should put a legal claim on the fund and have the money transferred to his or her account as the contractor that completed the contract.


I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the committee to look for an overseas partner to whom we could used to receive this sum of US$15.5M legally, by sub-contracting the original contract to your company. This is bearing in mind that our civil service code of conduct forbids us from owning foreign company or running foreign account while in government service, hence the need for an overseas partner. more interesting is that I and my colleagues have agreed to handle the major part of all the local financial commitment for the procurement of all the necessary documents that will give the
transaction its legal backing to ensure that your utmost duty will be your total support and cooperation as soon as you are called upon to receive the fund .All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the smooth conclusion of the transaction within ten to fourteen days of commencement.Note that you are entitled to 30% of the USD$15.5M for providing your account for this transaction.

Thanks as i wait for your mail soon and could you please include your telephone and fax numbers to enable me call too if necessary . More so, please bear in mind that confidentiality will be the backbone of our success in this transaction .

REV'D BEN CHIKEZIE



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