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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: "Mr. Isiaka Abdulrazaq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dnnpc@mail.ru>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 04:44:43 -0700
Subject: JOINT BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT PROPOSAL.

DEAR FRIEND, THIS IS A PERSONAL EMAIL DIRECTED TO YOU , MY NAME IS MR. ISIAKA ABDULRAZAQ , I AM THE CURRENT CHIEF FINANCIAL DIRECTOR NNPC ON BEHALF ON MY COLLEAGUES I WRITE TO SEEK YOUR CONSENT FOR A MONEY TRANSFER DEAL VALUED US$31M. THE MONEY ORIGINATED FROM OVER-INVOICED CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SOME FOREIGN CONTRACTOR UNDER MY MINISTRY NNPC FEW YEARS AGO. NOTE: THE CONTRACTS HAS BEEN EXECUTED,COMMISSION AND CONTRACTORS PAID,LEAVING THE OVER INVOICE SUM IN OUR APEX BANK THEREFORE,IF IT PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, KINDLY INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL,TO ENABLE US PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE DETAILS. PLEASE, I WILL ALSO EMPHASIS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED,KINDLY OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTILITY,AS THIS BUSINESS IS CLASSIFIED HIGHLY SENSATIVE. SINCERELY YOURS, MR. ISIAKA ABDULRAZAQ PRIVATE EMAIL: dnnpc@mail.ru or cfon001@yahoo.com

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