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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: "Central Bank of Nigeria,Mr.John Ideh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <director.centralbankofnigeria@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:39:57 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP TO TRANSFER STALLED CONTRACT PAYMENT TO YOU

Dear Sir
 
I seek your cooperation to partner with us in this financial Transaction worth US58.3 Million. I am a senior Management Staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria which is a state bank for payment of all Government contractual Obligations.
 
In the course of cross checking the Central Bank of Nigeria Accounting procedures and vetting all payment records, I discovered a floating amount of USD58.3(Fifty Eight  Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Only)  which was approved 15 Years ago by the Government for payment of contract executed by  a Switzerland company PETEK AG.
 
On my further investigation why the payment which has been approved by the Government was not claimed by the Switzerland company , I discovered that the Swiss Nationals who owns the company and the payment got involved in illegally oil bunkering and fled the country for fear of prosecution by the then government and abandoned the their payment.
 
All my effort to now trace the company and the owner Prof Aldo Parella has proved abortive and for this purpose I have traveled to Switzerland but could not locate the company or the owners and my instinct tells me that they may have relocated from the address contained in their contract agreement with the Government.
 
I have carefully and jealously guided this information and the payment file for these years and I am due for retirement this year and I feel it is the right time to take the opportunity.
 
I have worked out all modalities to transfer this payment of USD58.3(Fifty Eight  Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) out of the country to a foreign account but for me to successfully carry out this operation, I need a foreign partner whom I will profile his information's as the Inheritor of the Transfer and this is why I am contacting you.
 
I wish to request your partnership in this transaction with absolute confidentiality and you shall be entitled to 30% of the total sum on successful completion of the transfer.
I wait your response and to enable us kick start the process which will take approximately 10 Banking days,
Yours Faithfully
 
Mr. John Udeh
Director,International Transfer Department
Central Bank of Nigeria
Direct Phone/Fax no: 234-9021074806
Email: udeh_john@yahoo.com

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