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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: "james michael" <jameslegalmichael@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:38:29 +0200
Subject: Request for Patriots Act on international fund transfer in your favor


[image: The seal is kept in the custody of the Secretary of the
Senate. Unauthorized use of this image is prohibited by law.]
<http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Seal.htm>
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The seal is kept in the custody of the Secretary of the Senate. Unauthorized
use of this image is prohibited by law.]
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*UNITED STATES SENATE*
*SUB COMMITTEE ON FUND TRANSFERS AND TERRORISM*
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Unauthorized use of this image is prohibited by law.]
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The seal is kept in the custody of the Secretary of the Senate. Unauthorized
use of this image is prohibited by law.] [image: The seal is kept in the
custody of the Secretary of the Senate. Unauth orized use of this image is
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Unauthorized use of this image is prohibited by
law.]<http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Seal.htm>
[image:
The Senate is the living symbol of our union of states. [Engraved on the
Dirksen Senate Office Building in 1957 at the request of the Senate Office
Building Commission.]]

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July 3rd 2007.


*FROM: -*

**
*THE CHAIRMEN AND RANKING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
RELATIONS, THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS, AND THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.*

*Approved and Witnessed by -*

Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin
White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif,
Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, Senate filibuster.
Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis.

ATTN:Sir/Madam ,

*Subject Matter - Request for Patriots Act on international fund transfer in
your favor

*We,the entire members of the American Senate, on behalf of the Economic
Community of West African States(ECOWAS) ,The West African Payment
Centre(WESPAC)and the Governor of Banque Centrale Des Etats De L'Afrique De
L'Ouest(BCEAO),Under the guide of the American Justice Department,held a
meeting last week concerning payment,both foreign and local contractors and
some inheritance.

After going through files in our position yesterday, we discovered that
your file was pending and untreated, we apologize forsuspending your payment
and please stop communicating with any office now and pay more attention to
the appointed office henceforth.Please take note of the following
informations:

Now your new Payment Reference No.35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password
No:339331,Payment Released Code No:AJD519/LPT/0763;Immediate Telex
confirmation No:FSD51443 ;Bill Invoice No: 6083013 ,Having received the
aforementioned payment approval numbers,you are therefore requested to
contact the following office stated below for directives.

You are hereby directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General
Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS)immediately so that he will
instruct the Governor of Banque Centrale Des Etats De L'Afrique De
L'Ouest(BCEAO)to pay you and fax you the payment Copy Slip and also you
should reconfirm your banking Details,this is to avoid mistake while
transferring your overdue payment to you today.

Contact Person:Dr.JAMES GREGORY
Direct Line:+229-95217261,
Email: dr.jamesgregory@fastermail.com<http://us.f335.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dr.jamesgregory@fastermail.com>

Do Contact him now and inform him that you received an emailfrom The
American Justice Department, Instructing you to call him for the immediate
release of yor fund and forward your contract/inheritance amount and all
relevant
Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake.


NOTE : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming
calls, if we still findout that you are still dealing with all those
incompetents that have been frustrating your efforts, we shall cancel your
payment immediately .




Best Regards,
[image: Dick Lugar] [image: The United States Senate Seal.]

*White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, *
*Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis*

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