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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: PAUL ADAMS <wwwp904@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wagvag555@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 06:21:48 -0700
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Dear Friend,

I am Dr Paul Adams, senior accountant in the (NNPC) headquarters in
Lagos , Nigeria. I reliably I have no reason to doubt your honesty
and credibility hence I make this proposal to you. Please,treat with
utmost confidence and excuse me for the embarrassment this letter
might cause you as we have not met or known each other before.


I have the mandate of my colleagues in office to solicit for your
assistance for a deal we want to execute, My Corporation (NNPC)
awarded a contract to a Foreign firms to supply Rig & Drilling
Equipment for Kaduna Refinery here in Nigeria but because of our
position, this contract was over invoiced to The original contract sum
has been paid to the contractors that executed the project, now we are
left with the over- invoiced sum ( twenty eight million,six hundred
thousand

American Dollars Only).All arrangements have been concluded on how
this money would be moved. Our constraints lies on the fact that we
require a foreign firm or individual account number where the money
will be paid into, whose owner will be portrayed as the contract
beneficiary of the fund. In fact this is why I am writing you this
letter.


NOTE:- There is no risk involved as we have taken care of everything,
all loopholes covered. We are prepared to give as much as 30% of the
total sum to whoever that is willing to assist us, while 60% of the
total sum will be for me and my colleagues. To this effect, 10% would
be earmarked to cover all the expenses (Local and International). This
is because the process would pass through some Directors in the
Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). These officials
might require some tips to facilitate payment without delay since they
are not aware of the deal.



Please, should you be willing to assist, we shall require the
following information to enable us put claim immediately. Your bank
name, Address and Account Number, Fax number of the Bank where the
money will be transferred into.


But should you not be in a position to assist, this deal has to
remain a secret till the end of time. It is important that I mention
that the officials involved in this transaction are top Government
Functionaries who have put in years of service to this Country. For
the maintenance of personal integrity of all persons involved in this
transaction, you are implored to exhibit utmost secrecy throughout the
duration of the transaction. You are strongly advise to avoid
discussing this transaction with a third party as that could
jeopardize the entire transaction. You may open a separate bank
account in any Country for this purpose if you wish.


All arrangements of this transfer for this quarter payment for the
year, 2021 has been properly organized and further action awaits your
immediate response, so that we can start to process for the approval
of this payment.


Also send to me your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Dr Paul Adams

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