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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: "Douglas Anthony" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <douglasanthonyng1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:38:27 +0100
Subject: From Douglas Anthony.

From the Desk of
Hon. Douglas Anthony
Chief Accountant
Phone: +234-8134778578
Direct Email: douglasanthonyng1@gmail.com

Attn: Sir / Madam,

Before we proceed with this project, please permit me to introduce myself to you, as I would also like to know you well to enable us work together as trusted friends and enjoy the enormous benefits the transaction.

My name is Hon. Douglas Anthony and I am the chief Accountant with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.

I am also the chairman of the 5 Man Contract Review Committee, who was mandated by the present Civilian Administration to review all contract payments by the Corporation.

In the course of our assignment, we discovered an excess unbounded sum of $28M (Twenty-Eight Million United States of America Dollars} which we want to release and transfer to your account and close the files.

As civil servants, we are not allowed to operate foreign bank account, hence we seek your assistance as a foreigner to provide your account so that we will transfer the $28.8m into your account and share accordingly.

We promise that when the $28.8m is transferred into your account, 30% of the funds which is $8,400,000 will be given to as your benefit.
We request you to send us the following detail immediately:

Your Name:
Your Occupation:
Your address:
Your position:
Your Telephone Numbers:
Your email:

Your bank name:
Bank address:
Your account name:
Your account number:
Routing number:

As soon as we receive the above information from you, we shall give you an authorization letter and direct you where you should forward it to and claim the $28m without delay.

We need your attention very urgently as we don’t want another person to discover the funds again.
Yours Sincerely

Hon. Douglas Anthony
Chief Accountant
Phone: +234-8134778578
Direct Email: douglasanthonyng1@gmail.com

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