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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: "ALBERT IDIAKA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <albertidiaka2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 15:30:59 -0700
Subject: RE:QUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP !!!!!

Dear Sir

I Am Idiaka Albert, an Accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). I Also headed A Seven-Man Tenders Board in charge of
Contract Awards and Payment Approvals. I am contacting you to handle a
very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge Sum
of money to a Foreign Account.

Firstly, I want to crave your indulgence to handle this proposal with
utmost secrecy and give it the urgency it deserves
Sometimes in 2018, there were series of Contracts Executed by a
Consortium of Multi-Nationals in the Oil Industry in favor of my
Corporation, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC. The Original
Value of this Contracts was deliberately over-invoiced for our personal
use. Please, note that the Companies that Actually Executed these
Contracts have been fully paid and the Projects Officially
Commissioned.

My Colleagues And I Are Willing To Transfer The the over invoiced Amount
To Your Account For Subsequent Disbursement, Since We, Civil Servants
Are Prohibited By law From Operating Foreign Accounts In Our Names.
Needless To Say, The Trust Reposed On You At This Juncture Is Enormous.

It is the Over Invoiced which is currently in the suspense account of my
Corporation (NNPC) that I and my colleague have agreed to transfer into
your account for Investment purpose. Based on this,I am asked by my
colleague to seek your assistance for an Offshore account in this
regards.
At the successful transfer of the funds, it will shared on an agreed
percentage between me and my colleague on one side and you on the other
side. Is more important to us is to get the funds transferred out of
this country into a foreign account after we can meet.

Please, indicate your willingness by contacting me through my private
email address (albertidiaka2@gmail.com) for more details / plans.

Thanks,

Idiaka Albert

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