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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 Karim Fika" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <karimfika62@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 06:47:10 -0700
Subject: Please revert

 
Dear Sir,
This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever
 
form, rather is intended to contact your esteemed self, following
 
the knowledge of your high repute and trustworthiness. Firstly, I
 
must solicit your confidentiality. I know that a proposal of this
 
magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am
 
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
I am Dr.Karim Fika, and I head a seven man tender board in charge
 
of contract awards and payment approvals. I came to know of you in
 
my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very
 
confidential business transaction which involves the transfer of a
 
huge sum of money to foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
 
My colleagues and I are top officials of the NIGERIAN NATIONAL
 
PETROLEUM CORPORATION {NNPC}. Our duties include, vetting,
 
evaluation and foreseeing the maintenance of the refineries in all
 
the designated pipelines. We are therefore soliciting for your
 
assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said funds.
The source of the fund is as follows; during the last democratic
 
government of President Goodluck Jonathan , this committee awarded
 
a contract of US$400 million to a group of five construction
 
companies on behalf of the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
for the construction of the oil pipelines in Kaduna, Port-
 
Harcourt, and Warri refineries. During this process, my colleagues
 
and I deliberately inflated the total contract sum to the tune of
 
US$428million with the intention of sharing the inflated sum of
 
US$28M.
The government has since approved the sum of US$428 for us as the
 
contract sum, but since the contract is only worth US$400million,
 
the remaining US$28million is what we intend to transfer to a
 
reliable and safe offshore account. We are prohibited to operate
 
foreign accounts in our names since we are still in government.
 
Thus, making it impossible for us to acquire this money in our
 
names right now, I have therefore been delegated as a matter of
 
trust by my colleagues, to look for an overseas partner into whose
 
bank account we shall transfer the sum of US$28 million.
My colleagues and I have decided that if you can be the
 
beneficiary of these funds on our behalf, you will retain 20% of
 
the total sum of US$28 million, while 75% will be for us (the
 
officials) and the remaining 5% will be used for offsetting all
 
debts/expenses incurred during this transaction.
We have decided that this transaction can only proceed under the
 
following conditions:
1. That you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
 
confidentiality.
2. That upon the receipt of the funds, you will release the funds
 
as will be instructed by us after you have removed your share of
 
20%.
I will bring you into the nomenclature of this transaction when I
 
have heard from you. Your urgent response will be highly
 
appreciated as we hope to cash in on the next payment schedule of
 
the financial quarter.
 
Please be assured that this transaction is 100% legal/risk free,
 
only mutual trust and good faith can make this transaction a
 
reality.
 
Kindly reply me through my personal email: karimfika62@gmail.com
Thank you in anticipation of your kind response.
Best Regards,
 
Dr.Karim Fika.
CHAIRMAN - CONTRACT TENDER BOARD
Federal Ministry of Power, Works & Housing (Works)
Mabushi FCT Abuja, Nigeria
E-mail: karimfika62@gmail.com

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