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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: "Mr. MARTINS ATKIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <albertatkins69@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:12:23 -0700
Subject: Re:QUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

Dear Sir/Madam,

I Am Martins Atkin, an Accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum

Corporation (NNPC). I Also headed A Seven-Man Tenders Board in charge of

Contract Awards and Payment Approvals.

I am contacting  you in my quest for a reliable and reputable person to

handle a very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge

Sum of money to a Foreign Account.
Firstly, I want to crave your indulgence to handle this proposal with utmost

secrecy and give it the urgency it deserves.

Sometimes in 2018, there were series of Contracts Executed by a Consortium of

Multi-Nationals in the Oil Industry in favor of my Corporation, NNPC. The

Original Value of this Contracts was deliberately over-invoiced for my

personal use. Please, note that the Companies that Actually Executed these

Contracts have been fully paid and the Projects Officially Commissioned.

I am seeking your assistance and Willingness To Transfer the over invoiced

Amount To Your Account For Subsequent Disbursement, Since We, Civil Servants

Are Prohibited By law From Operating And/or-opening Foreign Accounts In my

Names. Needless To Say, The Trust Reposed On You At This Juncture Is Enormous.

It is the Over Invoiced which is currently in the suspense account of my

Corporation (NNPC) that I have agreed to transfer into a foreign account for

Investment purpose.
At the successful transfer of the funds, it will be shared on an agreed

percentage between me and you on the other side. What Is more important to me

is to get the funds transferred out of this country into a foreign account

after which I can meet with you..
Please, indicate your willingness by contacting me through my private email

address(albertatkins69@gmail.com) for more details



Thanks,

Martins Atkin

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