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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: "Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)"<wallasanderson@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:12:59 -0400
Subject: We are making this contact with you after satisfactory information

ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

TRANSFER OF US$35,500.000.00

We are making this contact with you after satisfactory information
gathered from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce. Based on this, we are convinced that you
will provide us with a solution to effect remittance of the sum of $35,500.000.00
resulting from over costing of job/services done for the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), by foreign companies.

We are top officials of NNPC. We evaluate and secure approvals for payment of
contracts executed for NNPC. We have tactfully raised values to a foreign
company for onward disbursement among ourselves the Director of
Accounts/Finance and Director of Audit. This transaction is 100% safe. We are seeking your
assistance and permission to remit this amount into your account.

We have agreed to give you 25% of the total value, while our share will
be70%.The remaining5% will be used as refund by both sides to off set the cost that
must be incurred in the areas of public relations, engaging of legal
practitioner as attorney, taxation and other incidentals in the course of
securing the legitimate release of the fund into your account.

Please indicate your acceptance to carry out this transaction urgently on
receipt of this letter. I shall in turn inform you of the modalities for a
formal application to secure the necessary approvals for the immediate
legitimate release of this fund into your account.

Please understand that this transaction must be held in absolute privacy and
confidentiality.

Please respond if you are interested through my alternative address

EMAIL..wallasanderson@yahoo.com

Thanks for your co-operations.

Yours faithfully,

Wallas Anderson


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