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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: "ABC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <albert_jones011@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:52:24 -0500
Subject: CONTRACT

From:ENGR Albert Jones Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC),
LAGOS.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS E-MAIL TO YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING TO READ AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MY NAME IS ENGR Albert Jones, I AM A STAFF OF THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC).

I WRITING IN RESPECT OF AN OVER INVOICED CONTRACT VALUED AT $6,000,000.00 PURPOSELY CARVED OUT FROM AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT IN MY CORPORATION.

IT WILL BE MY UTMOST INTEREST TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF THE PARTNERS TO PROCESS THE DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THE FUND RELEASED TO YOU AS THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR THAT OWN THE FUND.

THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL LEGAL BACKING THAT IS GIVEN TO AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RISK INVOLVED AS IT IS 100% RISK FREE. IT WILL INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERY ARRANGEMENTS TOWARDS IT SUCCESS HAS BEEN PERFECTED.

MY POSITION AS A CIVIL SERVANT HERE IN NIGERIA DOES NOT PERMIT ME TO RUN A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND ALSO ASSIST IN FINANCING THE PROCESSING OF THE FUND WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE FUNDS SHALL BE SHARED IN RATIO 70% FOR ME, 30% FOR YOU.

TO COMMENCE THE PROCESSING, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND TO ME THE FOLLOWING

(A) YOUR FULL NAMES AND COMPANY NAME TO BE INCORPORATED AND ADDRESS,

(B) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO OR WITHIN THE SHORTEST PERIOD YOU CAN OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT FOR THIS TRANSACTION,

(C) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.

REGARDS

ENGR Albert Jones

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