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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. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu" <nnpcexecutorintrust@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nnpcnnpcontractor1994@contractor.net
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:40:16 +0200
Subject: My subject From: Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (GMD):::


Nnpc Towers, Central Business District, Herbert Macaulay way, P.m.b. 190, G=
arki, Abuja. From: Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (GMD) Contract Ref No: NNPC/PE=
D/1462/KADREF/92) Attn: Ceo I know that this proposal may come to you as a =
surprise especially having to come from someone you have not meet before I =
got you information from your country chamber of commerce here in Nigeria. =
My name is Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, The Minister of State for Petroleum R=
esources, National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Be informed that my partne=
r Dr. Maikanti Baru and I awarded a contract to a foreign firm (Sheng Yang =
Contraction Company) with contract Ref No: NNPC/PED/1462/KADREF/92) for the=
maintenance of the Nigeria petroleum-chemical complex located at Kaduna, N=
igeria. I know that this proposal may come to you as a surprise especially =
having to come from someone you have not met before, but I would like you t=
o co-operate with me so that this U$D98, 000,000.00 will be released and tr=
ansferred into your account, It is my profound intention to contact you for=
this very important and highly confidential transaction for the transfer o=
f (U$D98, 000,000.00 Ninety Eight Million United State Dollars Only into yo=
ur bank account. The contract has been successfully executed by the contrac=
tors and their contract sum has been paid to them, leaving our overestimate=
d balance of (U$D98, 000,000.00 Ninety Eight Million United State Dollars O=
nly) still pending at the bank. Right now, we are left with this overestima=
ted balance of (U$D98, 000,000.00) which is still floating at the escrow ac=
count in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) waiting for final payment to any=
reliable foreign bank account you may provide. We, as government officials=
, are not permitted to own or operate foreign bank account. therefore we ne=
ed reliable person who will provide us with a foreign account where to tran=
sfer and deposit this US$98,000,000.00, that is the reason we are solicitin=
g for your sincere assistance to provide us with an account where to transf=
er this money .all modalities for the easy transfer of this money is now in=
place, the period of this transaction is only two weeks from the day we re=
ceive your bank account details. Note that 10% of our share will be investe=
d in your country, as we propose to give you 30% of the U$D98, 000,000.00, =
my partners and I will get 60% of the money. The balance of 10% will be all=
ocated to cover all expenses incurred by both partners, be informed that th=
is proposal is urgent and confidential, Please send to me your bank account=
details and full address of company name and address, your private phone a=
nd fax number for easy communication which will be used in securing all the=
necessary documents for easy transfer of the fund. Awaiting your urgent re=
sponse. Best regards. Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu. The Minister of State for =
Petroleum Resources, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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