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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <shehuliiman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 17:56:04 -0700
Subject: Dear Please Get Back To Me..

Hello ,
 
Its a great pleasure to meet you and greetings to your family. I hope you will find my proposal
interesting to able us establish a lasting business relationship. As Group General Manager Supply Chain Management at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, I have the opportunity to facilitate immediate transfer of huge amount of money for investment partnership and mutual benefit, though I will need your support to achieve this endeavor. The fund came from over invoiced amount in a project awarded, executed and commissioned in my department.
The project contractor has been paid in full and, We only need your nominated bank account to transfer the
over invoiced amount with immediate effect. We cannot get this over invoiced amount without a foreign
partner to provide account and receive fund as a  Sub contractor. We will discuss details if you are interested to work with me.  I look forward to your immediate response.
Shehu Liman
Group General Manager Supply Chain Management
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Email: shehulman@yahoo.com
 

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