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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: "raymond adimo" <raymondadimo40@ig.com.br>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:31:05 +0100
Subject: Dear Honorable Beneficiary


UNITED NATION (UN)
DEBT RECONCILIATION DEPARTMENT.
GENEVA-SWITZERLAND.
OUR REF: UN-0XX2/913/2008

Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION VALUED US$12.5M

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL AND
NIGERIA THE ORIGIN OF THE FUND HAS APPROVED TO PAY YOU PART PAYMENT VALUED
$12.5M FOR 2008 FUND APPROVAL.

The Prime Minister of Britain in conjunction with NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, WORLD
BANK, UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable joint
approval order with your Release Code: WGB/3480/02/08 in your favour for
your Contract, Inheritance and Winning Entitlements.

Now your new Payment, United Nations Approval No; UN5685P, White House
Approval No: WH45CV, Transfer Reference No.-36350021, Transfer Allocation
No: 674876 Password: 339331, Pin Code: 78569 and your Certificate of Merit
Payment No: 104, Release Code No: 0876; Immediate CITY BANK Telex
confirmation No: -222568; Secret Code: XXTN014. Having received these vital
payment numbers, you are therefore qualified to receive and confirm your
payment with the United Nation immediately within the next 48hrs.

As a matter of fact, you are required to Communicate only with DIAMOND BANK
PLC NIGERIA, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT, CITY BANK, UNITED
KINGDOM, with the help of our monitory team from the CITY BANK N.A. NIGERIAN
which is our official remitting bank. Committee On Foreign Payment Matters
in United Nations, has picked interest in your payment file and they want to
make sure you receive your fund without hitches.So contact the bank for the
transfer,

Name of Bank; Diamond Bank Plc
Mr. Martins Oseni Manager
Email;diamondbankplc2@gmail.com <Email%3Bdiamondbankplc2@gmail.com>


Inheritance and Winning Entitlements. Be also informed that you are not
allowed to correspond with any other person(s) or office any longer so as to
avoid conflict of information, you are required to provide the below
information for your transfer to take place through Bank to Bank Remittance
directly from Diamond Bank.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) BANK NAME:
6) BANK ADDRESS:
7) ACCOUNT NUMBER:
8) ROUTING NUMBER OR SWIFT CODE NO:
9) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
10) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:

Note: Your private communication code With Diamond Bank Is (833) and be
advised to send upon receipt of this email, your full personal and banking
details to Diamond Bank and make sure you send it to them, with your new
payment code for the release of your payment.

Yours truly,
Raymond Adimo

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