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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: "D.O.E" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <arsktony@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:55:19 -0700
Subject: Attention !!!




I am the chairman of the contract award committee of the Depeartment of Energy here in the United Kingdom.

After due deliberation with my partner, I decided to forward to you this business proposal, we want you to assist us receive the sum of Twenty
million pounds (20m) into your account. This fund resulted from an over-invoiced contract awarded by the government under the
budget allocation to my ministry and the bill was approved for payment by the concerned ministries. The contract was executed, commissioned and the
contractor was paid his actual cost of the contract. Now, we are left with the balance of 20m pounds as the over invoiced amount, which we have
deliberately over estimated for our own use.


Please note that the law forbids civil servants to operate or own foreign accounts hence this
contact, we have agreed to share the money in the following percentages: 30 for you, 60 for us 10 for tax as may be required by your government.
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Note that this transaction is very much free from all sorts of risk hence the business was carefully planned before it was successfully executed and
we the officials involved in the deal have put many years in service to our ministry. We have been exercising paAatience for this privilege for so long
not until the presidential announcement last week, that all foreign contractors owed be paid forthwith, this will enable the presidency
reconcile our debt ratio with the outside world and to most of us, this is a lifetime blessing we cannot afford to miss. Upon indication of your interest
to fully co-operate with us, a payment application/information form will be sent to you via email for completion.



As soon as we confirm receipt of this money in your nominated bank account, my partner and I will come over to your country to arrange for our own share
and possibly invest part of this money in your country.

Let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction. I shall furnish you with some details as soon as Your prompt reply is received.

Best regards.

Tony Arkestry.

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