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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: "JOHN CHUKAS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnchukas@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:49:10 +0100
Subject: REPLY NOW

*Dear Sir/Madam,*
 
 
 
*I have the greatest respect in writing to you. Before I go into the
substance of my letter, I would like to introduce myself.*
 
*My name is John Chukas.*
 
 
 
*I am an auditor in President Mohammadu Buhari of Nigeria Treasury Single
Account Office: Senior Reform Expert on Corruption.*
 
*Presidential Task Force on Europe, America & Asia Debt Recovery Programme*
 
*NNPC|CBN GOVERNMENT FEDERATION ACCOUNT AUDIT UNIT*
 
*TSA, Office of the President*
 
*Abuja.*
 
 
 
*Forensic audit of the account of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) has revealed US$20BILLION leakage that was not remitted to the
Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N) by NNPC.*
 
*From the forensic audit of the account of NNPC and the investigation
conducted in late 2013, there was a startling revelation that NNPC failed
totally to remit this sum of US$20BILLION to C.B.N. A senate committee has
found out this to be true. The senate committee has submitted 300 pages of
documentation in support of this claim.*
 
 
 
*Reuters has reviewed that dossier, which offers one of the most
comprehensive studies of waste, mismanagement and what the senate and
Reuters called “leakages” of cash in Nigeria oil industry. Detailed here,
the dossier includes oil contracts, supply of petroleum and petrochemical
equipment, confidential government letters, and private presidential
correspondence and legal opinions.*
 
*Nigeria’s oil industry accounts for around 95 percent of the Country’s
foreign exchange earnings. If Nigeria continued to leak cash at the rate
described by the senate to the new president, Muhammadu Buhari, the
consequences for the economy would be disastrous. Specifically, the failure
of state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to remit
foreign exchange to the Federation Account of the oil revenue has made the
management of exchange rates and price stability extremely difficult,” by
CBN. Having concluded the forensic audit, the documents have been handed to
a parliamentary inquiry set up in February 2014 to investigate that
billions of Dollars in revenue had not reached the Central Bank to pay
outstanding debts. The revelation has it that USD20BILLION is unaccounted
for. But my Committee, the Presidential Task Force, has recovered a
substantial sum of this US$20BILLION leakage. A lot of the monies recovered
by my committee are held partly in interest bearing Foreign assets and
partly as a worthy compensation my committee set aside the sum of US$40M
which we solicit your cooperation to avail us a good offshore account to
serve as a conduit pipe through which we can send the money to for our
mutual benefit on agreed terms and understanding. By the virtue of my
office I am not allowed to maintain a foreign account hence, this is
commended for your support please.*
 
*The new government of General Mohammadu Buhari remains committed to
ensuring integrity, and accountability and discipline in every sector of
the economy and for this he has introduced TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT (TSA)
for MDAs and government parastatals. You will be privileged to be availed
with a copy in due course on your reply.*
 
*“Buhari has won plaudits from leaders including the then President Barack
Obama for his efforts to tackle graft. He replaced the management of the
state oil company, which was accused of withholding billions of dollars
from the government.*
 
 
 
*This sum of US$40M will be transferred to your account but with an
understanding. It is possible because since 1978 there are no reliable
financial statistics of fund transfer by C.B.N. Although the Central Bank
of Nigeria has to transfer funds, it has no reliable profile of these
payments. Therefore, these payments are subject to our manipulation for our
mutual benefit.*
 
*This money will be credited to your account from any of our reserve
accounts in Europe, America or Asia Central Bank, Commercial Bank or
Finance Houses on instruction of payment of the US$40M that has been set
aside and secured.*
 
 
 
*So furnish me with the following particulars for me to perfect the
remittance of this fund for your possession.*
 
 
 
*1, YOUR FULL NAME*
 
 
 
*2, YOUR COMPANY NAME (IF ANY)*
 
 
 
*3, YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS, ACCOUNT NAME OR BENEFICIARY,    ACCOUNT
NUMBER, IBAN AND BIC NUMBERS. *
 
 
 
*Please you should keep the business very secret and confidential to
yourself until the money gets to your account. Then I will join you in your
country to collect our share.*
 
 
 
*Kind regards,*
 
*JOHN CHUKAS.*
 
*Senior Reform Expert on Corruption.*
 
*Presidential Task Force on Europe & Asia Debt Recovery Programme*
 
*NNPC|CBN GOVERNMENT FEDERATION ACCOUNT AUDIT UNIT*
 
*TSA, Office of the President*
 
*Abuja.*
 
*PS: PLEASE REPLY TO EMAIL ACCOUNT THUS: johnchukas@gmail.com
<johnchukas@gmail.com> only.*

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