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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: Emmanuel Egoamaka <abum32000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abus32000@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 05:51:23 +0400
Subject: Please Response Needed

Good Day,

Please pardon me for contacting you through this medium. I found it
interesting and decided to contact you for a business transaction. I wish
to assure you that everything about this transaction is genuine and real. I
contacted you after a detailed search for a reliable and trust-worthy
person who can do business with us and at the same time give our money at
the end of the transaction. We have resolved to follow all laid down
official and legal procedures which foreign contractors do follow in my
country.

I am also the secretary of the Tender Board of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I have been sourcing for a good, trusted and
honorable person who can front for us in the transfer of the money
mentioned earlier until you were recommended to me by a reliable and
trusted colleague in the oil and gas industry.

In August 2012, the above contract was awarded to a South Korean company by
our board on the promise that we will receive 10% kickback on completion of
the contract. The total amount involved on this contract was US$215
million. The contract was to lay gas pipelines from Natural Liquefied Gas
Plant in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State in the South-south region of Niger Delta
area to Kabala Doki in Kaduna State, North-central area of Nigeria. The
length covers 1650 Kilometers. The contract has long been completed, tested
and commissioned. The total sum of US$215,000,000 has been paid by the
Federal Government, leaving unpaid the sum of US$21.5m representing the 10%
kickback agreed with the Korean company.

My problem is that we cannot just collect this sum of money without the
assistance of a foreign partner who will stand as the subsidiary of the
Korean company or front for us and receive the sum of US$21.5 million in
his account. This is because we are government officials and we cannot own
any foreign account and we also cannot claim to have executed any contract.

If we commence immediately, it will take 7 working days to get all the
papers filed and approval received and the fund transferred to your
nominated account overseas. I will personally supervise the project. On
receiving the money in your account, you will be entitled to 30% thereof.
And from there, you or your company will be introduced to the Federal
Government of Nigeria for future contracts in the oil and gas industry.

Upon your confirmation that the fund has been transferred to your account,
I will meet with you to disburse accordingly and my share could as well be
managed by you for investment in your country.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon and have a wonderful day

Best regards,

Dr. Emmanuel Egoamaka.

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