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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: jeu mude <greeennntt@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: mrjoseph_kanu@gawab.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:02:51 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Urgent Reply Needed


FROM THE OFFICE OF:-
MR JOSEPH C. KANU
The Director of Telex Computer Department(CBN)
TELENO:-234-806-2505-613
EMAIL:-mrjoseph_kanu@gawab.com

Attn:VICTIM-FULLNAME

I am MR JOSEPH C KANU, the Director of Telex Computer Department
of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I want to believe that you can be
able to handle this proposal with confidentiality and not to betray me
as I am trying to assist you with the issue of your long outstanding
Contract Payment which has been long recorded in our Bank Transfer data
base.

This Bank has long time ago had the mandate of the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to transfer to your nominated Bank account
your total contract proceeds of US$20,500,000.00. It is obvious that
due to the regular changes in our Government policies, the key officials
of the NNPC has always wanted to divert contractors funds especially
those of you who has been awaiting payment for the past two years and
more now. This kind of incidents happens in various ministries here in
Nigeria which has really brought about misappropriation of public funds
and loots by these Government officials in one way or the other.
My proposal to you now is that I am ready to assist you to transfer
your contract funds secretly to your Bank by special arrangement between
the two of us.

HOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN; I will give you a specification of a special KTT wire transfer hard ware disc, it is a network attached
storage hard ware which is normally used by big Banks for international
wire transfer. Once you agree to work with me, I will give you the
details of the disc to buy and send to me by DHL courier service. I will
use the disc to program your transfer and after words, I will remove the
disc from the system and destroy it as soon as you make confirmation of
the funds in your Bank. This way, there will be no trace of the funds
provided we use the disc for the transfer.
You will need to give me 100% assurance that you will keep this matter
secret between you and I, this is one of the criteria that I will make
me feel free to work with you, secondly you will give me 10% of the
total sum when funds gets to your account.
Are you interested to work it out with me let me know, so that I will
give you more details and also send you the specification for the disc.
Get back to me on my private and secured e-mail address: mrjoseph_kanu@gawab.com

I am waiting for your response.

Yours truly,

MR JOSEPH C KANU

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