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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: "FRANK PEDRO" <dr.frankpedro@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:22:39 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM ENGR.FRANK PEDRO


HEAD OF SPECIAL TASK FORCE
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,
IKOYI,P.M.B 127011,
LAGOS.

ATTENTION PLEASE,

I AM SENDING YOU MAIL WHICH I PROMISE YOU OF ITS BENEFIT AT THE END BASED ON TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, TO THIS, I WILL LIKE YOU TO READ AND UNDERSTAND ME FOR IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CONTACT YOU FOR ASSISTANCE AND
BUSINESS CO-OPERATION. I KNOW THE CONTENT OF THIS LETTER MIGHT BE SURPRISING TO YOU. BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY WORD OF IT IS TRUE. EVEN THOUGH WE HARDLY KNOW EACH OTHER I BELIEVE YOU CAN HELP ME.

I AM ENGR.FRANK PEDRO,THE PRESIDENT OF A SPECIAL TASK FORCE IN CHARGE OF THE SALES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
MY OFFICE MONITORS THE SALES AND LIFTING OF CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCT BY FOREIGN DEALERS. WITH THE COOPERATION OF MY ASSISTANT AND HEAD OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ATTACHED TO THE TASK FORCE,I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SAVED ABOUT $12.6MILLION US DOLLARS.

THIS MONEY IS AS A RESULT OF ALLOCATION OF EXCESS CRUDE OIL TO THE FOREIGN DEALERS, WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD BUT WHICH MONEY IS NOT ENTERED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF MY TASK FORCE,KNOWING CURRENT THE RISE OF OIL PRICES. THIS MONEY IS NOW LYING UNCLAIMED IN THE ACCOUNT OF THE TASK FORCE, KNOWN ONLY TO MY PARTNERS AND ME INVOLVED IN THE EXCESS ALLOCATION.

HOWEVER, THE LEGISLATORS OF THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT OF MY COUNTRY HAVE SET UP A PANEL TO LOOK INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF SOME GOVERNMENT COMPANIES AND PARASTATALS. WE DO NOT WANT THE PANEL TO DISCOVER THE MONEY WE SAVED. WE CANNOT LODGE THIS MONEY INTO OUR PRIVATE BANK ACCOUNT IN MY COUNTRY,PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO OPERATE ANY ACCOUNT IN EXCESS OF USD500,000 U. S DOLLARS.

NOW THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A FOREIGN PARTNER WHOM THE SUM WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO. WE HAVE CONCLUDED ARRANGEMENT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO YOUR PRIVATE BANK ACCOUNT IF YOU PERMIT US TO USE IT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO SEND ME YOUR PRIVATE PHONE I WILL SEND YOU THE DETAILS OF THE TRANSFER AND NECESSARY DOCUMENT AS THE BENEFICIARY.

PLEASE ON YOUR REPLY,WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE MODALITIES. WE INTEND TO INVEST OUR SHARE OF THE SUM IN BUSINESS WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND PAST EXPERIENCE YOUR ADVICE WILL BE HIGHLY NEEDED FOR THE INVESTMENT

NO OTHER PARTY IS AWARE OF THE SUM FROM THE EXCESS ALLOCATION EXCEPT MY PARTNER AND I.

HOWEVER, THIS TRANSACTION SHOULD BE SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL. WE AWAITS YOUR REPLY ON YOUR PARTICIPATION,TIME IS OF GREAT ESSENCE TO US.I LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY IN MY MAIL ADDRESS FOR ONWARD FURNISHING OF DETAILS.


REGARDS,

ENGR.FRANK PEDRO.

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