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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: "Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru" <alexzodoh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dg.ncaang@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 16:51:44 +0100
Subject: DEAR SIR / CONGRATULATION


I hope this massage meet you well. My name is Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru,
the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC).

After going through your profile, i am so impressed so i deem it fit to
have you as my life time business partner.

Following my new appointment as the Group Managing Director of Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),In my capacity, Following the just
concluded Audit, I have just discovered an abandoned contract payment
valued US$1 Billion ( One Billion United State Dollars Only) from the
Contract that was awarded to foreign companies.

My further investigation, reveal that the Contractor who executed this
contract died in Malaysia Airlines ( Flight 370 ) that disappeared on 8
March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing
Capital International Airport.

Right now I want to present you as one of our foreign contractors so that
this fund can be reassign to your company name and transfer to you as a
contractual payment. This process must take place to justify the reason for
the release and payment of this fund in other to cover the fund legality.

After a successful transfer of this fund is made to you / your company bank
account, I will fly down to your country immediately and partner with you
in your own field and area of business specialization so that we can invest
this fund together under your care and management in your country.

I will work out all the contract documents in your company name that will
be needed to complete the process of this transaction.

Get back to me for further discussion.

Best Regards

Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru
Group Managing Director
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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