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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: "Malcolm B"<bp0group@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <b.malcolm22@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 17:16:30 +0100
Subject: Joint Business Request

Good Morning, 

Though we have not met before nor had any previous business dealings, but we can build one with understanding and trust. I am a principal staff with Oil & Gas Company {BG GROUP} in United Kingdom. I have access to very vital information that can be used to transfer funds i and my colleague made from contract award deals to your company account. 

Sometime ago, contracts were awarded to several foreign firms by a committee which i am a member. These contracts were over invoiced to the tune of 100 Million USD. This was done deliberately. The over-invoicing was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project. The original contractors who executed the jobs have since been fully paid off, leaving this outstanding sum. We now desire to transfer this extra money which is in BG Group account to your company account which we expect you to provide. For providing the account to remit the money, you will be entitled to 30 percent of the money, 70 percent will be for me and my partners.

The information would be used to make formal applications as a matter of procedure for the release of the money and onward transfer to your account.It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of the nature described here, the assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it out to other companies. More often than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution of such contracts. 

We have strong and reliable connections and contacts within the company and we have no doubt that all this money will be released and transferred if we can get a capable foreign partner with good company bank account to assist us in this deal and also fulfill the necessary obligatory requirements of documentation to prior to payment approval and transfer to your account. 

We have the required machinery to get it done since we are still active in service. If it was possible for us to do it alone, we would not have bothered soliciting for foreign support. Ultimately, an honest foreigner is needed to play this important role in the completion of this business deal. I look forward to doing business with you and please treat as confidential.

I anticipate your indication of interest to partner with us.

Sincerely

Malcolm Brown

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