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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: "office of the senate" <officeofthesenate@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: senatepresident.frn08@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:26:31 +0100
Subject: OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE


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*OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
ABUJA-NIGERIA*

*ATTENTION BENEFICIARY, *
*In regards to your fund transfer, we the entire members of the federal
house of senate has approved the above documents in your name to enable us
concludethis final stage of your transfer before the 30Apral th 2008. **
The bank involved include Union Bank plc in collaboration with Central Bank
of Nigeria .

*
*We the entire members of the house has finalized on our last meeting with
the head of state and placed this decision of all this transferring
documents as $100 (Hundred dollars) only, which you have to send now so that
the GNAB will be issued to you. Also be informed that the board has met
today and endorse the transfer, the process has began, as this decisions has
been placed with all the top government officials involved on the transfer
including the bank directors.*
*You have to note carefully that the contents of the article of law
established under the bank of Nigeria foreign transfer of page 67, cap 10
under paragraph 6, which state clearly that under no circumstance will a
huge amount above $1m be remitted to overseas account without GNAB. And such
fund will be disbursed into government account as seize fund. This was the
main reason why the fund has not gotten to your bank for many years. This
funds was originated from legal inheritance in london.

*
*Therefore the bank board and other top officials are demanding for these
government non assessment bonds (GNAB) belonging to our client which is you
otherwise there will be a problem, meanwhile the house has promised them
that the Gnab will be forwarded by our client.*
*Which is necessary for record purposes.

*
*We the entire members of the house of senate are using this urgent medium
to advise you to make payment of your GNAB fee of $100 without any further
delay. *
*Be rest assured that our appointment to handle and take care of the
movement of the fund will not be in vain as we are giving you 100% guarantee
to deliver the work as soon as your western union information reach us at
our house email address ( senatepresident.frn08@yahoo.com
<http://us.f460.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=senatehousetransfer48@yahoo.com>
**) as it is not less than 24hours that the order was placed.

*
**
*Note that your fund will be free to move from the bank without any delay if
you get the governments non assessment bonds (GNAB) which is $100 only to
make sure that no government monitor or agent can access the fund during the
delivery remittance. You have to get the gnab written on your name and
stamped before the fund credit to your bank account. *
*This was why we have not approved or sign off the bonds of your transfer
registry today as the bank insists on the GNAB.

*
*Based on these explanations, you are hereby advised to send payment
information of $100 through our direct email address (
senatepresident.frn08@yahoo.com
*<http://us.f460.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=senatehousetransfer48@yahoo.com>
*) on or before 6th May 2008 as the closing date placed.

*
*This gnab will show that the transaction was made through the full capacity
of the government and will not be queried for certain circumstance.*
*Use the information bellow for the payment of the $100 GNAB requirements:

*
*Receiver name: Mr CHIJIOKE AKANO
location: Lagos- Nigeria. *
*Text question---gnab,*
*Answer----final

*
*Bear in mind that this is the final stage of this transfer.*
*As soon as this is done, it will take only 24hours for the fund to be
credited in your designated bank account, you will be contacted by your *
*
Bank herself.** *
**

**


*Best Regards*
*<http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Nigerian-Senate.JPG/200px-Nigerian-Senate.JPG&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Senate&h=200&w=200&sz=13&hl=en&start=11&um=1&tbnid=TlleQiTP0GTlsM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnigeria%2BSENATE%2BHOUSE%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN>
*
*YOUR PAYMENT AGENT,*
*Dr. DAVID MARK*
*SENATE PRESIDENT*
*(Federal Republic of Nigeria)*

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