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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Jude Adams <judeadams359@gmail.com>
Reply-To: judeadams73@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:23:33 +0100
Subject: Adults

Dear Friend

I am please to write you this message through this means, please be
informed that I am a private person (Project Manager) and a local
investor or businessman, we are five-businessmen who are into a joint
partnership here and we want to go into the exporting of crude oil
abroad to ready markets which are available to us.

On this note we are seeking for anyone who we can trust and that will
be acting as our foreign partner because the government here in our
country in collaboration with the ministry of petroleum gave a strong
guideline which must be met before an exporting license can be
granted, it is stated that we must have a foreign partner before the
license can be given/granted.

Also we want to front you as our partner if you are willing to assist
us, so that we can be granted the permission/license to go into that
venture ASAP. We will start-up all the necessary documentations which
will take about 3 days with your full co operations in this regards.
Also be informed that, there are some funds which my colleagues
(Shareholders) got as generated from a project they once executed with
a Foreign firm on behalf of the government and they want to invest
this funds in this deal, and they didn't want the authorities here to
know that they are involved in crude oil exportation and that is why I
am the Project Manager of the partnership.

It may interest you to know that we are serious in this transaction,
we are going to front you as the new beneficiary of the funds to the
relevant authorities here, thereby transferring the rights &
privileges of the former foreign firm that handle the project to you,
then you will be assumed as the beneficiary of the outstanding balance
of US$5 Million and you are entitled to 10% of the sum which is
US$500,000 which is provided by my colleagues for the purpose of this
transaction and you are required to send/remit back to us
the-remaining balance which will stand as a proof to the authorities
here that truly you are our foreign partner in this partnership.

On this note, please you have to be confidential about the funds
because my colleagues are still servicing in their various ministries
were the funds originated from and they don't want the authorities
here to know that, the US$5 Million outstanding we want to remit into
your bank account, which will be used/invested on this crude oil
business. My dear friend this is a deal that will change our status in
life and we don't want anything to jeopardize this transaction, so you
have to be confidential about this deal, until we have secure the
license for exporting the products to any ready and available
market/buyers that we can source for in the world.

Also on the issue of the exportation of the crude oil, we are offering
you 10% of the profit after taxation of every transaction we make at
the end of every 3 months through your effects.

On this note, what you are required to do for us so that we can forge
ahead in this deal, is for you to furnish me with the information
below so that we can get the funds transfer to you immediately through
any corresponding bank within 3-5 days ASAP, below are the
information's required;

1) YOUR FULL NAMES
2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
3) TEL & FAX NUMBERS
4) PRIVATE EMAIL

With the above details of yours I will process some vital documents
that will enable the funds to be transfer to the bank account that you
will provide for this purpose, please if there is any questions you
may want to ask, be free to direct them to me ASAP. Please reply to
this email address judeadams73@outlook.com

My regards.
Jude Adams
(Project Manager)

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