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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: Ikpong Etteh <ikpong@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: ikpong@indiatimes.com
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 10:39:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend,




Dear Friend,

I am ARC.ESOETOK IKPONG ETTEH, the Executive Director,Projects,to the Niger

Delta Development Commission in Nigeria(NDDC).



This Government Agency was established to`alleviate the suffering of the

indigence of this area by carrying out poverty reducing projects such as

constructions of Roads,Rural Electrification,and provision of potable waters

etc.Due to long neglects by successive Nigeria Governments,the Commission was set

up to functionalize a master plan for the overall development of the region.We

recently completed a solar powered water scheme in Rivers State of Nigeria worth

about $148.5m jointly sponsored by Chevron Oil and a consortium of multinational

oil companies as part of their corporate social responsibility.



During the award of the contract,I and the Managing Director of the

Commission,Mr.CHIBUZOR UGWUOHA deliberately inflated the contract sum by

$28.5M.As at today the agency has paid all our partners leaving this sum in our

suspense account that must be disposed off before the end of this quarter OR it is

returned to the Federal Government Treasury.I hereby solicit for your help as a

reliable and trusted foreign account owner that can receive the money as

quickly as you are willing into your custody with a superb sharing formula.



Further details will be furnished to you as soon your interest is shown from your

side as being willing to assist us.



I look forward to hearing from you from my private email ikpongetteh@gmail.com

Please treat with the utmost confidentiality it deserves.



ARC.ESOETOK IKPONG ETTEH

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