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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: "G Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contactgjohnson901@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:16:31 +0200
Subject: Pure Deal Respond For More Details

 
Dear Sir/Madam,
 
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
 
I am Johnson George of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Portharcourt office. With the assistance of some senior official of the
Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance and our
office here in Portharcourt, we want to quietly transfer the sum of
GBP21.5m (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain
Pounds) from NNPC offshore account to over-sea trust account. This
GBP21.5 Million (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain
Pounds) arose from over-invoicing of contract receipts for the Turn
Around Maintenance (TAM) of the Portharcourt and Kaduna Refineries in
Nigeria and also the rehabilitation of Petroleum pipelines, depot and
jetties.
 
The Federal Government and the Federal Ministry of
Petroleum resources have approved the total value of GBP280million, and
the payment of foreign contractors from Japan, France and U.S.A. has
already started, because most part of the work for the Turn Around
Maintenance (TAM) has been fully completed, we will use your company as a
consultant and job costing contractor to NNPC so that the
GBP21.5million (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain
Pounds) can be transferred into your account without any hitch
whatsoever.
 
If you are interested in assisting us in this
transaction, kindly, provide us the following immediately to enable us
discuss further details for the successful completion of this
transaction.
 
Your full Name:
Your full address:
Age:
Marital status:
Gender:
Occupation:
Country:
Phone number and fax #:
 
Regards.
Johnson George.
 

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