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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr Jerry Anderson" <test@getmewebsitespeedy.com>
Reply-To: drjerryanderson77@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 04:25:13 +0700
Subject: I request your immediate reply
Attn: Sir/Ma
How are you today? I am Dr Jerry Anderson, the Group Executive Director of Finance in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC LTD). I am delighted to inform you that I have a business proposal that is worth US$49Million Dollars (Fourty Nine Million United States Dollars) and I will like to negotiate with you.
I am here directly looking for a male or female foreigner whom will be willing to partner with me on this deal because i will provide all the required documentations for the US$49Million Dollars because the fund is a proceed from an over invoice contract payment which we have successfully secured because the contracts where this proceed originated from has already been fully paid.
Your obligation is that you are to receive the fund and invest it for a period of (5) Five years for which the benefit will be for the two of us and if need be, we can then roll it over again for the second time.
If you are not interested in investing the fund after you receive it, the fund can be shared when you receive it in your bank account in this ratio: You will take 20% of the the fund while 80% will be for me. Note that this transaction must be 100% confidential and I will like you to get back to me immediately if you are interested so that I can give you more details.
This move is an attempt to save this fund from being seized from us by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
I wait to hear from you.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr Jerry Anderson
Group Executive Director of Finance
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd
NNPC Ltd
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