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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Vincent Onye" <princevincent@onyemail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:58:59 +0000
Subject: JOINT VENTURES

LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NNPC)

SUBJECT: US$38,000,000.00 TRANSFER

DEAR SIR,

THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST TO
GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION. I AM
PRINCE VINCENT ONYE, DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG).

I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF THIRTY-EIGHT MILLION U.S DOLLARS ($38,000,000.00)
WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.
THE MONEY ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A
CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.

I WILL OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS
WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. IT
MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR (2003), I EXECUTED A SIMILAR
TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE
BUSINESS WOMAN - MRS. KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH PHONE NUMBER:81-9085437498. WHEN
THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT IN JAPAN, SHE
SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE. DUE
TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IS OF HIGH
DEMAND.

HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS
LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. YOU ARE ALSO

REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL MAILING ADDRESS, PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS IN
YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

BEST REGARDS.

PRINCE VINCENT ONYE


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