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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: "Info" <smtp@the-sign-store.com>
Reply-To: edknas@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:59:17 -0500
Subject: Inquiry for your attention




Hello,
I am Dr. E.N. Dan-Kano; the Head of the Directorate of Petroleum and
Pipeline Marketing (DPPM), Nigeria. The DPPM is an agency of the Nigerian
government with exclusive oversight on the international trade of
Nigeria’s Petroleum and products. This is why we also maintain a permanent
presence here in the London International Petroleum Exchange (IPE).

I have US$23.8Million that I need your assistance to relocate it into the
safety of your account. I accumulated the money by supplying more
quantities of petroleum to buyers - than what was recorded and reported to
the government. Supplies were under-invoiced.
The entire payments all went straight into our account with the national
financial institution. But that is never a problem as I am the signatory
and custodian of the account by virtue of my position as the director of
the DPPM.
I am contacting you today as I am about to be relieved of my position as
the DPPM director, due to the change in the political leadership in our
country. I need to transfer this money out of our account without delay.
I would have the fund processed and transferred into your account as a
legal and due contract payment for a contract job you did for the DPPM
some few years ago. Your occupation or vocation is not important.
I have reliable sources in our government offices that are on stand-by to
issue the needed backup documents to ensure no questions are asked during
the processing and transfer of this fund into your account anywhere in the
world.
The documents would all reflect in government’s records and archives for
authenticity and to pass all possible scrutiny. The processing of the
fund and its transfer would meet all international standards and rules.
Upon conclusion of the transfer, you would retain 15% of the fund as your
commission. Its also important to note that I want to invest in your
country under your guidance and tutelage.

I guarantee successful and timely completion of this project within 10
days from the date I file formal pre-authorized debit (PAD) order with the
bank to process the transfer.

For more details, e-mail me at bb40s@voila.fr

Yours sincerely,
(H/P: +447937444817)

Dr. E.N. Dan-Kano
DPPM /International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)
Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street,
London, United Kingdom
EC1Y 4SA

21/06/2015


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