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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: "internalrevenuedept Gazeta.pl" <internalrevenuedept@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: internalrevdesk@myway.com
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 22:16:33 +0100
Subject: INTERNAL REVENUE/FUNDS DEPARTMENT


INTERNAL REVENUE/FUNDS DEPARTMENT
LONDON,ENGLAND
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
UNITED KINGDOM
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.
CONTACT: MR. JAMES WANG
+447024064951,+447045761496
Email:jamswang.citibankgroups@gmail.com<Email%3Ajamswang.citibankgroups@gmail.com>


WORLD BANK GROUP AND UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION

Do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code:
GNC/3480/02/00 in your favor for your contract entitlement/award winning
payment with the UNITED NATION to your nominated bank account. Now you're
new Payment,United nations Approval No;UN5685P,White House Approved
No:WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331
, Pin Code No: 5574 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 ,
Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ;
Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Having received these vital payment number , therefore You are qualified now
to received and confirm Your payment with CITIBANK LONDON immediately within
the next 72hrs.

As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with MR.
JAMES WANG, DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE CITIBANK OFUNITED KINGDOM,with
the help and monitory team from the CITIBANK OF LONDON which is our official
remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment Matters in United Nation, has
look up to make sure you receive your fund valued $5m.

So contact: MR. JAMES WANG on his contact information,Direct Citibank
Telephone No +447024064951,+447045761496
,Email:jamswang.citibankgroups@gmail.com<Email%3Ajamswang.citibankgroups@gmail.com>

for immediate release of your contract/inheritance/Award Winning claim Be
informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office
anymore, You are required to send below information for your transfer.

However, we are worried with the counter information received from one Mr.
Jack Law, purporting to be from your directive, with express instruction to
activate the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to his name a bank account in
the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant to honor this instruction as
it were, and would request that you clarify same upon your contact with
Citibank London .


1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS,CITY,STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PHONE,FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME(IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:

NOTE: YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT/COMMUNICATION CODE WITH CITIBANK IS(511), MAKE
SURE YOU SPEAK WITH HIM, WITH YOUR NEW PAYMENT CODE FOR RELEASE OF YOUR
PAYMENT. CONTACT CODE(511)

OFFICER:MR JAMES WANG.
POSITION:DIRECTOR,INTL,REMITTANCE CITIBANK LONDON.

DAVID MARK
(CHAIRMAN COMMITTE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT/AWARD WINING PAYMENT UNITED
NATION/INTERNAL REVENUE OF LONDON)

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