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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: AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP <adamspaul838@gmail.com>
Reply-To: africandevelopmentgroup@aol.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 02:44:59 -0700
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Dear Friend,

I am Dr Paul Adams, senior accountant in the (NNPC) headquarters inLagos ,
Nigeria. I reliably I have no reason to doubt your honesty and credibility
hence I make this proposal to you. Please,treat with utmost confidence and
excuse me for the embarrassment this letter might cause you as we have not
met or known each other before.


I have the mandate of my colleagues in office to solicit for your
assistance for a deal we want to execute, My Corporation (NNPC) awarded a
contract of to a Foreign firms to supply Rig & Drilling Equipment for
Kaduna Refinery here in Nigeria but because of our position, this contract
was over invoiced to The original contract sum has been paid to the
contractors that executed the project, now we are left with the over-
invoiced sum ( twenty eight million,six hundred thousand American Dollars
Only) (.$28.6m). All arrangements have been concluded on how this money
would be moved. Our constraints lie on the fact that we require a foreign
firm or individual account number where the money will be paid into, whose
owner will be portrayed as the contract beneficiary of the fund. In fact
this is why I am writing you this letter.


NOTE:- There is no risk involved as we have taken care of everything, all
loopholes covered. We are prepared to give as much as 30% of the total sum
to whoever that is willing to assist us, while 60% of the total sum will be
for me and my colleagues. To this effect, 10% would be earmarked to cover
all the expenses (Local and International). This is because the process
would pass through some Directors in the Ministry of Finance and Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN). These officials might require some tips to
facilitate payment without delay since they are not aware of the deal.


Please, should you be willing to assist, we shall require the following
information to enable us put claim immediately. Your bank name, Address and
Account Number, Fax number of the Bank where the money will be transferred
into.


But should you not be in a position to assist, this deal has to remain a
secret till the end of time. It is important that I mention that the
officials involved in this transaction are top Government Functionaries who
have put in years of service to this Country. For the maintenance of
personal integrity of all persons involved in this transaction, you are
implored to exhibit utmost secrecy throughout the duration of the
transaction. You are strongly advise to avoid discussing this transaction
with a third party as that could jeopardize the entire transaction. You may
open a separate bank account in any Country for this purpose if you wish.


All arrangements of this transfer has been properly organized and further
action awaits your immediate response, so that we can start to process for
the approval of this payment.


Also send to me your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Dr Paul Adams

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