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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: "Mr. Ibrahim" <lilin@cicl.com.tw>
Reply-To: ibrahimamhed3059@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:03:55 +0530
Subject: HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND

Dear Sir,
I am a Technical Assistant (T.A) to the new Group Managing Director of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed and a
member of five men committee appointed by the present administration under
President Muhammadu Buhari.

We are mandated to verify and investigate contractual payments of the
ministry made during the past administration of the former GMD, Mr. Andrew
Yakubu who was recently quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crime
Commission (EFCC) over the recovery of large sums of funds buried in his
uncompleted building in his home state, Kaduna.

You may read more information from attached two links:

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/ news/headlines/223140-efcc-recovered
-9-8million-yakubu-ex-nnpc-gmd-see-mountains-dollars.html
<http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/223140-efcc-recovered-9-8million-yakubu-ex-nnpc-gmd-see-mountains-dollars.html>

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/ news/headlines/226251-updated-
9-8-million-ex-nnpc-chief-andrew-yakubu-remanded-in-prison-after-efcc
-arraignment.html
<http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/226251-updated-9-8-million-ex-nnpc-chief-andrew-yakubu-remanded-in-prison-after-efcc-arraignment.html>

During the course of this investigation, we discovered the sum of
US$27,200,000.00 (Twenty Seven Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) floating in a suspense account of the corporation and our
investigation revealed that this amount originated from over inflated
contracts whose beneficiaries has been dully paid for the contract executed
in accordance with the terms of the contract agreement.

Consequently, our resolution to transfer this sum of US$27,200,000.00 into
a foreign account to enable us invest the money, into real estate business, like buying of dilapidated properties and renovate them and re-sales, also building new one and re-sale, my colleagues have implored me to seek for a trustworthy/reliable foreign partner or company whose bank account will retain this said fund. and also someone with good experience in the real estate, that can manage the funds for us all.

I got your information via the Internet during my careful search for a
reputable firm/individual to use for this purpose.

We have basically agreed to compensate you with 25% of the total amount for
your service and assistance in this regard and 5% mapped out for the
settlement of whatever expenses that we may likely incur (both locally and
overseas) at the course of claiming the fund on your name and having it
transferred to your designated bank account, while the remaining 70% is for
me and my other two (2) colleagues.

By virtue of our position and relevance to this present government, we have
consolidated every modality to get this fund transferred within seven (7)
bank working days without any risk. All you need to do is to maintain
strict confidentiality/secrecy until the transfer period is concluded.

Having accepted our proposal, you should provide your full names, Age,
Marital status, Occupation and Phone Number (preferably a cell phone
number). And most importantly, you must provide a safe bank account that
will be specifically for this fund to ensure proper accountability and
supervision.

In anticipation to have a cordial business relationship with you, I expect
your prompt response.

Kindest Regards.

Dr Ibrahim Ahmed

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