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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: "DR ADEBAYO WILLIAMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bayowilliams2011>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:10:35 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR MUTUAL INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

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DR:ADEBAYO WILLIAMS
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION (NNPC)
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,
LAGOS- NIGERIA
STRICTLY PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL


Dear sir,

Please pardon the abruptness of this letter; it is due to its urgency. This letter is personal, intimate and confidential. There will absolutely be great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, hereby making it extremely difficult for genuine purposes. There is no other way for me to know whether I will be properly understood, but I have to reach out to you For I know that there will be one that can be trusted and the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my position here.

I am ADEBAYO WILLIAMS,the General Manager of pipelines products & marketing company(PPMC) and member of the contract award committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am writing on behalf of my colleagues in the NNPC and has been mandated to seek for the assistance of a reliable and trustworthy foreign partner through whom we can transfer the sum of US$45,000,000.00 (Forty five Million United States Dollars).This fund is currently deposited in the NNPC Escrow Account With The Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN .

ORIGIN OF THE FUND. The sum arose from the deliberate over-invoicing of a contract awarded in 2005 by the NNPC to a foreign Japanese firm called Chiyoda Engineering Corporation for the construction and turn around maintenance of WARRI AND PORT-HARCOURT OIL REFINERY in southern part of Nigeria. This contract has been completely executed and commissioned and the contractor that handled this contract has collected his final payment due for the contract, thus leaving behind the above stated amount which represents the over-invoiced sum.

We have been safeguarding this money waiting for conducive time for its transfer out of the country for our investment plan.Now the current favorable political climate in the country since the assumption of duty by the new government presented an opportunity for this money to be transferred out of the country hence my contact to you today. However, the code of conduct bureau (civil servants laws) does not allow us to own and operate foreign account and since the contract was handled by a foreign firm, we needed a foreign partner that will present itself as the sub-contractor by providing his bank particulars so that the money will be transferred into his company’s or personal account. Note that the nature of your business is not particularly relevant to the success of this transaction. All we require is your willingness to stand as the sub contractor so that the money will be transferred into your account.

I want to assure you that your interest is well protected and there is no risk attached in this transaction. All the necessary paper works that will back you up as the sub contractor and beneficiary of the fund will be adequately processed in your name and in your favor as the beneficiary. I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation, I will provide all classified clearance papers from the relevant body which will exonerate the money from either drug, money laundry or terrorist related proceeds.

For your assistance in the business, your share will be 30% of the total sum, I and my colleague will take 70%.

If you are willing to assist us in this transaction, please send the following information.
(1) Your full name and present contact address.
(2) Your private telephone and fax number for easy communication.
(3) The bank account details where you want the fund to be transferred into.

This information will enable us file an application for payment approval to the concerned authorities of the NNPC and the central bank of Nigeria and it is going to last between 7 to 10 banking days starting from the day we receive the above information from you. All modalities for the hitch free execution of this transaction have been worked out and further action will commence immediately we hear from you.

Please reply only through my private email address and remember to keep this message very secret :(bayowilliams2011)

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Best regards

Dr:Adebayo Williams

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