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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: " M Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <etillmomois@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 00:50:31 +0300
Subject: Petroleum Investment (confirm)

Attention please,
 
My name is Mr, Michael Adams an oil contractor and also a consultant with Atlantic Petroleum United Kingdom. Please I want to use this opportunity to introduce a business with great opportunity which will benefit both of us. As an oil contractor I connected Atlantic Petroleum to a contract of tanking and rebuilding oil pipe lines worth of ($86.2m) Eighty Six Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars which has been executed perfectly. Myself and my partners deliberately over invoiced the contract payment to the tune of US$18.2M. The over-invoicing was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project and to enable us to go into oil business since we have the current contacts and connections.
 
Pleasentic Petroleum United Kingdom. Please I want to use this opportunity to intro with all honesty and sincerity, I want to know, if you are capable of handling this transaction so that I can present YOU or YOUR company as one of the peoples that supplied the equipment worth US$18.2M but has not been paid. The money we over invoiced will be paid into your account because we cannot claim the money without presenting a foreigner as the supplier. However Atlantic Petroleum has been dully paid completely, balancing only the over invoiced of US$18.2M which we plain to use for future oil lifting.
 
For presenting you as one of the suppliers, you will be entitled to 30% of the money US$18.2M, while the balance 70% will be for me and my partners. It does not matter whether you have company that does contract projects of this nature. The assumption is that you or your company took part in the supply of the contract.
 
We have strong reliable connections and contacts because of that we must perfect ALL the documentation on your favor to suit the claim and make your stand 100% legal and authentic. Please contact me immediately if you are interested and capable of handling this deal.
 
Yours faithfully
Micheal Adams

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