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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: "nelson smith" <nelsmith2024@msn.com>
Reply-To: nelsmith2024@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:58:36 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OFNIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION)
PLOT 128 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, ABUJA-NIGERIA.


SUBJECT: TEN MILLION (US$10,000,000.00) DOLLARS TRANSFER

DEAR,Sir/Madam

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 NELSON SMITH, A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANTTO
TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. THE MONEY
ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THECONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND
PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORTHARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL SERVANT
IN NIGERIA,

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT. I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OFTHE
TOTAL MONEY IFYOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE
TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW
THAT LAST TWO YEARS, I EXECUTED A SIMILARTRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE WITH AN
OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN-MRS. KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH
PHONE NUMBER:81-9085437498.

WHENTHE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT IN JAPAN,SHE
SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWNSHARE.
HENCE, 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
nelsmith2026@yahoo.co.uk) YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOURPERSONALE-MAIL
ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER, PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

THANKS.
YOURS TRULY,
ENGR.NELSON SMITH


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