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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: "Honorable Solomon." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <faiza@lypartners.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 00:36:51 +0800
Subject: TRANSFORMATION BUSINESS INVESTMENT !!

BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

Sir/Madam.

It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this urgent business proposal to you. I was assigned by my colleagues to find a foreign partner who will assist us in providing an overseas bank account for the transfer of $ 21 Million United State Dollars Only) The actual contract value was $849,750,903.00 awarded to a Chinese construction company called China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for construction of a 186-kilometer standard gauge rail line from Abuja (Idu Station) to Kaduna.

But my colleagues and I being member of the contract award / review committee over inflated the contract with $21 Million United State Dollars Only, with the intention of sharing the remaining of $21 Million United State Dollars among us. We therefore want to transfer out of the country in our favor for disbursement among ourself the sum of $21 million dollars.

Also we agreed that if you / your company can act as the beneficiary of this fund, we will transfer the fund to you account and you will retain 25% of the total fund for the assistance rendered, while 70% will be for us and 5% will be set aside for the expenses that might be incurred by both parties during the process of the fund transfer. The transaction will take only ten working days to actualize.
Provide a convenient account number in designated bank where this fund can be safely transfer immediately. We intend to come over to your country on the completion of the fund transfer to secure our share.
You are advised not to expose this proposal to any body for the purpose of security and its confidential nature, If this proposal is accepted by you, Contact me through the telephone number by SMS or call: +2348181562157.

Thanks for your anticipated response.

Honorable Solomon.
Board Member Contract Award Committee
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