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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: gallery@interwerk.com
Reply-To: nnpcpetroleum6@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:56:53 -0700
Subject: Deduction of fee?...

Attn:Beneficiary


Sir,


I am Mrs,Aisha Shuaib IN THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(NNPC).

Due to many complaints of various fees paid by the beneficiaries of
these contract/inheritance claims without receiving their due payments
for the past twenty years when the Military and former civilian
government were in power in Nigeria, the new civilian government gave
directive to all government AGENCIES, MINISTRIES AND PARASTATALS to
adopt the policy of deducting all fess associated with the various
claims and transfer the balance to their respective beneficiaries.

The directive specified that:

(1) Each of the beneficiaries should write an authorization letter to
the government agency from where his or her claim originated that all
fees especially bank and transfer charges SHOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM
THEIR CONTRACT FUNDS AND BALANCE REMITTED TO THEIR STIPULATED BANK
ACCOUNTS.

(2) The authorization letter to deduct fees should be NOTARIZED by a
competent court here to make it legal and valid in law. YOU WILL PAY A
NOTARY FEE TO THE COURT. This fee cannot be deducted from your
principal sum because your deduction authorization letter remains
ineffective and not binding until notarized.

(3)All concerned/relevant government agencies should recognize such
authorization letters as soon as NOTARIZED AND ABIDE BY IT.

(4) Any claim that have stayed for over (7) SEVEN YEARS UNPAID AND
AFTER VERIFICATION, THE BENEFICIARY SHOULD NOT NOT BE REQUIRED TO
PRESENT ANY CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION WHERE THE DOCUMENTS ARE NO LONGER
AVAILABLE BEFORE HIS OR HER PAYMENT IS PROCESSED AND TRANSFER
EFFECTED.

(5) All concerned/relevant government agencies should ensure that all
fund clearance approvals are issued to the beneficiaries to avoid
confiscation, stoppage or placing embargo on funds when transferred.

(6) All accrued interest should be worked out and paid upon the
completion of payment of principal amounts.

THIS NEW MEASURE BY GOVERNMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY DEMANDS
ENDLESS FEES IN THE FORM OF CHARGES AND DOCUMENTATION FROM THE
BENEFICIARIES OF THESE OUTSTANDING CLAIMS AS PRACTICED IN THE PAST
TWENTY YEARS.

Be informed that the Federal Executive Council has approved a part
payment of US$5,000,000.00 in your favor out of your
contract/inheritance claim payment.

In view of the above, you are required to provide the following
information for the process/transfer of your part payment of
US$5,000,000.00.

(A)YOUR BANK COORDINATES:

(B) YOUR ADDRESS:

(C) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:

(D) COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION,


IF THERE IS NO RESPONSE TO THIS MESSAGE, WE WILL HAVE NO OTHER OPTION
THAN TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE EITHER DEAD OR HAS GIVEN UP THE FUNDS AND
IT WILL BE CANCELLED AND THE FILE CLOSED AS TREATED.

Thank you.

Yours Truly,
Aisha Shuaib secretary to legal adviser NNPC
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Tel:234-7010072069

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