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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: Engr.M. Salim Khan <jessy@lxelectronics.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:33:27 +0800
Subject: read on NNPC contract award


Dear Sir,&nbsp;It is with trust and confidence that I write this urgent business assistance to you. I am a senior accountant with the Nigerian national petroleum corporation (NNPC) .I want us to work together to move this below mention amount before the new government take over.&nbsp;read on NNPC contract award&nbsp;We are looking for a foreign partner who will assist us receive the sum of $103,000,000.00(one hundred million and three United States dollars) only into a safe foreign account pending on our arrival in your country for sharing and utilization of the fund with the owner of the account, the Nigerian national petroleum corporation (NNPC), awarded a contract of U.S $268, 000, 000, 00 (two hundred and sixty eight million United States dollars) only, to a foreign firm for the supply of some equipment at the Kaduna refinery. The actual contract value was USD.S$165, 000, 000, 00 (one hundred and sixty five million United States dollars) only. But I and my colleagues being members of the contract awarding committee over-inflated the contract to the tune of &nbsp; $268, 000, 000, 00 (Two hundred and sixty eight million United States dollars) only, with the intention of sharing the remaining balance US$103,000,000.00 (one hundred million and three United States dollars) only among ourselves.&nbsp;The contract has been successfully executed and the actual contractors had been paid their USD S$165, 000, 000, 00 (one hundred and sixty five million United States dollars) in full leaving a balance of $103,000,000.00 which we now want to transfer out of the country in our favor for disbursement among ourselves. Meanwhile I and two of my colleagues have agreed that if you/your company can act as the beneficiary of this fund $103,000,000.00), you will retain 30% of the total fund, for the assistance rendered, while we would retain 60% of the total and the balance of 10% of the total fund will be set aside for the off-setting of all expenses that might be incurred by both parties during the fund transfer process. &nbsp;We are requesting you to co-operate with us and provide a convenient account number in a designated bank where this fund can be safely transferred; we intend to come over there on the completion of the fund transfer to secure our own share of the fund.lease, note that we have been careful and have worked out all the ways for a smooth transfer of this fund to your chosen designated account before contacting you .We would therefore not want you to expose this proposal to any body for the purpose of security and its confidential nature. Please is rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk-free.&nbsp;&nbsp;If this proposal is acceptable by you, please contact me through my personal e-mail address for further information on this transaction. Note that the particular nature of your company’s business is irrelevant to this transaction. Please your favorable reply is urgently needed. This information is highly confidential and urgent.I want you to contact me through my direct number for telephone conversation as soon as i receive your interest notification or you send a direct email with below email address.&nbsp;Best regardsEngr.M. Salim Khanm.salimlasoona.org@outlook.com














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