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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: Evelyn Bruce <tewrt654@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drmisevebruce@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 07:43:39 +0100
Subject: TRANSFER

*Dear *Sir/ Madam






















*,This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever
form,rather is compelled to contact your esteemed self, following the
knowledge of your high repute and trust worthiness.Firstly, I must solicit
your confidentiality, this is by virtue of being utterly confidential and
top secret though I know that a transaction of that magnitude will make
anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day. A bold step taken shall not be regretted I
assure you. I am DR MISS EVELYN BRUCE, a Nigerian base staff of NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)from UNITED STATE OF AMERICA (USA) and
I head a seven men tender board in charge of contract awards and payment
approvals, I came to know of you in search of a reliable and reputable
person to handle a very confidential business transaction which involves
the transfer of a huge sum of money to foreign account requiring maximum
confidence. My colleagues and I are top officials of the NIGERIA NATIONAL
PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) OUR DUTIES INCLUDING EVALUATION AND
FORESEEING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE REFINERIES IN ALL THE OIL PIPELINES.We
are therefore soliciting for your assistance to enable us to transfer into
your account the said funds. The country loses a lot of money everyday this
is why the international community is very careful and warning their
citizen to be careful but I tell you "A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU" The source
of the fund is as follows, during the regime of the former PRESIDENT
OLUSEGUN OBASANJO here in Nigeria this committee awarded a contract of
US$330 Million to a group of five construction companies on behalf of the
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION for the construction of the oil
pipeline in Kaduna,Port-Harcourt, Warri refineries, during this process my
colleagues and I deliberately inflated the total contract sum to the tone
of US$480 Million with the intention of sharing the inflated sum of US$150
Million.The Government has since approved the sum of US$330 Million for us
as the contract sum, but since the contract is only worth US$330
Million,the remaining US$150 Million is what we intend to transfer to A
reliable and safe offshore account.I have therefore been delegated as a
matter of trust by my colleagues being the only foreigner in our group to
look for an overseas partner into whose account we can transfer the sum of
US$150 Million. My colleagues and I have decided that if you / your company
can be the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your company
will retain 30% of the total sum of US$150 Million while 65% will be for us
the officials and remaining 5% will be used for offsetting all debts /
expenses incurred during this transaction. We have decided that this
transaction can only proceed under the following condition:1. That you
treat this transaction with utmost secret and confidentiality and
conviction of your transparent honesty.2. Upon the receipt of the funds you
will release the funds as instructed by us after you have removed your
share of 30% .I will bring you into the nomenclature of this transaction
when I have heard from you.Your urgent responses through my email address
will be highly appreciated as we are catching on the next payment schedule
for the financial quarter.Please be assured that this transaction is 100%
legal / risk free, only trust can make the reality of this transaction.Best
regards,DR MISS EVELYN BRUCE*

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