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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: "Dr. Abdulrahman Abubakar" <mozirg@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulrabubakar@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:05:26 -0500
Subject: =?utf-8?q?SUPPLY_OF_EQUIPMENT_=5F_Lieferung_von_Ausr=C3=BCstung?=

Herr,
Lieferung von Ausrüstung
Ich bin Dr. Abdulrahman Abubakar, Direktor des Beschaffungs Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, wie das Ergebnis der knapperen Ölpreise global und unsere BIP, die Bundesregierung von Nigeria zu erhöhen haben beschlossen, auf eine intensive landwirtschaftliche Produktion zu beginnen und dies zu tun, wir erfordern schwere landwirtschaftliche Geräte in verschiedenen Größen und Kapazitäten.
Ich bin Kontaktaufnahme mit Ihnen und Ihrem Unternehmen dieses Vertrages die Versorgung der verschiedenen Geräte zu übernehmen . Wir haben bereits unsere Hintergrund-Kontrollen perfektioniert und die Transaktion ist von irgendwelchen Pannen frei. Die Regierung wird machen über 60% der Vorauszahlung Sie Quelle für die Geräte zu ermöglichen.
Sollten wir Ihr positives Zustimmung haben, werden wir euch detailliert über die Modalitäten der Transaktion im Ernst.
Danke und Grüße.
Dr. A. Abubakar



Sir,
SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT
I'm Dr Abdulrahman Abubakar , director of procurement Ministry of Agriculture, as the result of the dwindling of oil prices globally and to raise the our GDP, the federal government of Nigeria have decided to embark on intensive agricultural production and to do this, we require heavy agricultural equipment of various sizes and capacities.
I'm contacting you and your company to take up this contract of supplying the various equipment. We have already perfected our background checks and the transaction is free of any hitches. The government will be making over 60% of advance payment to enable you source for the equipment.
Should we have your positive consent, we shall be detailing you on the modalities of the transaction in earnest.
Thanks and regards.
Dr. A. Abubakar

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