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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: "Mr. Frank Malizu" <frank18@franinc.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <frkmalizu@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:51:55 +0100
Subject: Important Business Proposal

From: Frank Malizu
The Chairman Contract Awarding Committee
Nigeria National petroleum corporation {NNPC}
Email Address: frkmalizu@gmail.com

Dear Sir,

I am most delighted to write you about this project.My name is
Frank Malizu. I am the chairman contract awarding committee of
Nigeria National petroleum corporation {NNPC}. I saw your name in this
2016 directory and decided to contact you for this lucrative business
proposal which I presume will interest you.

In 2010 we awarded a contract to one company in Germany for
maintenance and servicing of our refinery in Port Harcourt refinery
which we over invoiced by 10% as our commission and that 10% of the amount is $75,000,000.00 Seventy Five million united state dollars.
So we want to transfer this over- invoiced fund to a foreign
account as our own commission and we are looking for a very honest and
trust worthy person who will receive this fund on our behalf because
we are not allowed to operate foreign account because we are still in
service. So, I was mandated by the officers involved to contact you
believing that you would be honest and trust worthy to receive the
fund and invest part of it in a good line of business like Real estate
or Hotel. You will take 30% of the total amount for assistance.

This is very big opportunity and it is risk free. The original
contractor who executed the contract had already received their
full payment, remaining the commission which is floating
in the central bank awaiting transfer. Please if you are interested to
collaborate with us on the business,do not hesitate to contact me
immediately on my email frkmalizu@gmail.com to proceed.


Yours truly,

Frank Malizu

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