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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: "Douglas Anthony" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <douglasanthonyng1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:03:05 -0800
Subject: From Douglas Anthony,

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

Attn: Sir / Madam,

Please permit me to introduce myself to you, as I would like to work with and as a trusted friend in the transaction that I want to introduce to you.

My name is Hon. Douglas Anthony and I am the chief Accountant with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. My office 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 sum of $28M (Twenty-Eight Million United States of America Dollars} which we want to be release and transfer to your account.

It is due to our position here as a civil servants, which makes it impossible for us to operate foreign bank account, hence we seek your assistance as a foreigner partner 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, you will take 30% of the funds as your own benefit.
If you are ready to work with me, we request you to send the following detail immediately:

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

As soon as we receive the above information from you, we shall give you an authorization letter which will enable you to receive the $28.8m without delay.

We need your attention very urgently as we don't want another people to take over the funds.

Yours Sincerely

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

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