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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: "Dr.Albert Alao" <albertalao11@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: albertalao23@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:11:32 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


BOARD OF TRUSTEE

REVENUE AND FISCAL MOBILISATION COMMISSION [RFMC]

RFMC PLAZA,FEDERAL SECRETARIATE COMPLEX,

MAITAMA SULE, ABUJA F.C.T


ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: albertalao23@yahoo.ca


FROM THE OFFICE OF: DR.ALBERT ALAO(MNIN)

Attn:

I must solicit your strictest confidence in this

transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being

utterly confidential and top secret as I personally

sourced for your contact through a private and

confidential search which I conducted alone using the

internet resource of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and

Industry, Foreign Trade Division.


I am DR.ALBERT ALAO, the Chairperson of the Federal

Government of Nigeria Contract Award, Revenue

mobilisation and Monitoring Committee of the REVENUE

AND FISCAL MOBILISATION COMMISSION[RFMC]

Sometime ago, a contract was awarded to a conglomerate

of Foreign Companies and consortium by my committee on

behalf of NATIONAL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,a

subsidiary of the Nigeria National Petroleum

Corporation[NNPC] specifically on :

REHABILITATION OF KADUNA,WARRI AND PORT HARCOURT

REFINERIES;INCREASING THEIR CAPACITIES;REPOSITIONING

AND GROWTH OF NNPC AND TO REVIVE THE EXPLORATION ARM

OF NNPC AND FINALLY GENERAL TURN AROUND

MAINTENANCE[TAM]


The contract was over-invoiced to the tune of Fifty

nine Million five hundred United States Dollars [US

$59,500,000.00] only. This was done deliberately, the

over-invoicing was a deal by members of my committee

to benefit from the project. we now desire to transfer

the money, which is presently in a suspense account of

RFMC in the Central Bank of Nigeria into an overseas

account which we expect you to provide for us at the

appropriate time in the course of this transaction.

We have agreed that the following funds will be shared

thus after it has been paid into an account you shall

nominate for us for the purposes of this transfer

deal;

a) 25% of the money will go to you for acting as the

beneficiary of the fund.

b) 5% has been set aside as an abstract projection for

reimbursement to both parties for incidental

expenses that may be incurred in the course of the

transaction.


c)70% to us the commissioners (which we wish to

commence a viable and vibrant foreign investment

scheme or project in conjunction with you) overseas.


I Would Require immediately:

a) your personal details such as names,

personal/corporate, Street address, phone, fax ,<br>
mobile phone number.

The above information would be used to make formal

applications as a matter of procedure for the release

of the money in your name and details for onward

transfer to your nominated account; not forgetting

that we are fronting you or putting you in the stead

of the true and original owner/beneficiary for this

fund. This is my office and I strongly and confidently

do not have any doubt in the 100% workability and

maximum success.


OF crucial importance I promise to treat in strict

confidence and secrecy all information relating to

your person which you furnish to me for use in this

transaction. It is imperative to state that there is

a strong possibility of funds release in tranches if

such a mandate is made after processing of transfer

requirements by the foreign beneficiary, this means

that the funds can be remitted in bits but first thing

first the various applications must be made by us with

your approval before any such application can be

entertained. It does not matter whether or not your

company or you does contract projects of the nature

described here, the assumption is that you won a major

contract and subcontracted it out to other companies,

more often than not, big trading companies or

individuals of unrelated field win major contracts and

subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution

of such contracts.


We have strong and reliable connections and contacts

at the Central Bank of Nigeria and The Federal

Ministry of Finance and we have no doubts at all that

this money will be released and transferred if we get

the true and reliable foreign partner[s] to assist us

in this deal.


We want this money to be transferred to the foreign

account which you are going to provide bearing in mind

that our civil service code of conduct forbids us from

owning or running foreign company or running foreign

account, all expenses regarding the account opening if

not already in existence shall be borne by you, all

expenses are however reimbursable as already stated

above on conclusion of business.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter if you

are interested and send the required information

mentioned through email.


I MAKE BOLD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF SO MANY CASES OF

RECENT NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL

FRAUDSTERS,IF I HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION

THERE WILL BE NO UPFRONT FEES OR CHARGES TO YOU AS I

TAKE ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY TO SOURCE FUNDS TO TAKE

CARE OF OUR LOCAL FISCAL JURISDICTION.


For more details on this transaction ,please feel free

to send me a mail demanding for same and remembering

to include your phone and fax numbers for easy

communication.


I wait in anticipation of your co-operation.


Yours Faithfully,

DR.ALBERT ALAO(MNIN)

[CHAIRPERSON]


HOME ADDRESS:PLOT 233,MINISTERIAL QUARTERS,WUSE ZONE

2,ABUJA FCT PHONE LINE[ABUJA


ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: albertalao23@yahoo.ca

- Dr.Albert Alao


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