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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: "PROF.ENGR.BISALA" <webmail06xx@gmail.com>
Reply-To: prof_engr_bisala400@firemail.de
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:46:46 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED

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Attn:Dear Friend,
This is a strictly confidential business proposal to you.However,I know
that this email will reach you as a surprise,but you need not to be worried
as we are using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek
for your foreign assistance/partnership in this business transaction which
is of mutual benefit.

I am a member of the Federal Government of Nigeria's Contract Award and
Monitoring Committee in the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation(N.N.P.C)Some years ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign
firm in N.N.P.C by my Committee and this contract was over invoiced to the
tune of One hundred and twenty nine million,five hundred thousand US
Dollars($129.5M)only.This was deliberately done by us.

Sequel to this,The over-invoiced was a deal by the committee to benefit
from the project. We now want to solicit for your help/cooperation to
transfer the fund into your company or private bank account over there
which we aspect you to provide the bank account for the transfer,hence
according to the Federal Government of Nigeria code of conduct as a civil
servants we are not allowed by the law to own or operation a foreign bank
account,it is in vein you as a foreigner is very important to us,to be used!


However,if you have read and understood this proposal,you are to write to
me, a letter of acceptance to this offer with the following information
below: 1. Your full name / company's name, address, telephone numbers.2.
Your bank name, address, account and routing numbers.

NOTE WELL:"IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOUR COMPANY ACTUALLY DOES THE
PROJECT OF THIS NATURE AS BEEN DESCRIBED HERE.THE ASSUMPTION IS YOUR
COMPANY WON THE MAJOR CONTRACT AND SUBCONTRACTED IT OUT TO OTHER
COMPANY/COMPANIES.MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,BIG TRADING FIRMS OF UNRELATED FIELDS
WINS MAJOR CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACT IT TO MORE SPECIALIZED FIRMS FOR
EXECUTION OF SUCH CONTRACTS". THANKS,Prof.(Engr.)BISALA I.BISALA

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