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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: "patrick obinja" <patrickobinja@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:44:27 +0000
Subject: FUND TRANSFER(RESPONSE NEEDED)

SIR,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

WE ARE MEMBERS OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). THIS COMMITTEE WAS
COMMISSIONED BY THIS PRESENT GOVERMENT OF PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN
OBASANJO DUE TO CONTRACT SCAM TO THE TUNE OF US$2.3B(TWO BILLION,
THREE HUNDRED MILLION UNTED STATES DOLLARS) INVOLING THE IMMEDIATE PAST
MINSTER TO REVIEW ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED DURING THE
MINISTER’S TENURE .IT IS PRINCIPALLY CHARGED WITH THE VERIFICATION OF
ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED DURING THOSE PERIOD WITH A VIEW TO DIFFERTIATING
REAL CONTRACT FROM THE BOGUS ONES, VETT AND MAKE THE NECESSARY
RECOMMENDATION FOR PAYMENT.

CONSEQUENTLY, WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR
US THE SUM OF THIRTY- ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATE DOLLARS (US$31.5M). THIS AMOUNT WAS CAREFULLY MANIPULATED BY
OVER-INVOICING OF AN OLD CONTRACT.THEREFORE, BASED ON INFORMATION
GATHERED ABOUT YOU, WE BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP OR
FRONT FOR US IN TRANSFERING THIS FUND (US$31.5M) INTO A SAFE ACCOUNT
OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY SINCE IT IS AN OFFENCE IN MY COUNTRY FOR ANY
GOVERMENT OFFICIAL TO OWN A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.

MOREOVER, IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 60% AS THE
INITIATORS AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES INCURRED IN
THIS TRANSACTION.

ALL MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND
ONCE STARTED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN SEVEN (7) WORKING DAYS, WITH YOUR
FULL SUPPORT. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.BE REST ASSURED OF
SUCCESS.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US ONLY BY EMAIL TO
ENABLE US GIVE FULL DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, TREAT AS
URGENT AND VERY IMPORTANT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

PATRICK OBINJA.
PLEASE RESPOND THROUGH MY SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL
EMAIL:patrickobinja@safe-mail.net


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