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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: "Auditor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hillary.associates@kimo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:40:41 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT CORPORATION

From the desk of
Dr.Hillary Douglas
Tel: +44 7418469277
Fax: +44 2080825144
 
RE: PROMPT INVESTMENT POTENTIALS VALUED AT $30,000,000.00
 
I am Dr. Hillary Douglas,an external Auditors of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) foreign account reserve. We have just completed audited exercise of the above establishment covering a period of 10 years between 2002 and the financial year ended 2011. We discovered that within the period under review certain executed contracts were manipulated by the Contract Awarding Department through inflated contract by over - invoicing.
 
Hence, we have a record of a floating fund in the Global Security Limited London with face value of $30,000,000.00. This fund emanated from a contract originally carried out by MR. SATOSHI ANDO of ACE ENTERPRISES LIMITED, NAGOYA JAPAN, TELEPHONE NUMBER: 81568820075. The contract was awarded in the year 2006 for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries to the aforementioned company at the tune of $190,000,000.00. However, the awarding officers inflated the contract to $220,000,000.00 and were not able to effectively transfer the said floating fund valued at $30,000,000.00.
 
In the light of this development, I and my audit committee members has agreed to solicit for investment partnership with any interested foreigner that will stand as the beneficiary designate to claim the  $30,000,000.00. We are entitled to have 60% of the fund as initiators of the transaction, 30% for your humble self and 10% set aside for reimbursement of expenses incurred in this transaction. The process is free of any risk and will be covered with relevant documentatary prove. Below are the contract details: -
 
1) CONTRACT SPECIFICATION: TURN AROUND MAINTENANCE (TAM)
2) CONTRACT SITE: PORT HARCOURT AND KADUNA REFINERIES
3) CONTRACT NUMBER: 24/NNPC/PED/PH-KD/2009
4) CONTRACT AMOUNT: $30MILLION
 
I will want your urgent consent on the proposal to enable us commence. You should send the following details, your full Names, your full Contact Address, Receiving Bank Information, Personal Telephone, Mobile Number as well as Fax Numbers, and finally an Identification Item. We should maintain extreme confidentiality in the  process. Please be advice that you should respond through fax number above immediately you receive this fax. I wish you the best of luck.
 
Regards,
 
Dr. Hillary Douglas
Director, Audit Department (NNPC) London

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