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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: "GEN. IBRAHIM DANKWOBE" <id2462337@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: id2462336@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:14:02 +0300
Subject: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY



OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
GARKI-ABUJA NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

ATTN:BENEFICIARY

We, the entire members of the Presidency and the Audit Department of
The Federal Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria , Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua and the Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria,Mr.Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi held a meeting last week concerning
foreign payments,
Both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds. On
Going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped
Untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your
Payment and please stop communicating with any office or individual/s
Prior to this new development forthwith.

Your attention should be focus to the appointed office below for you
to receive Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No:
674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate
of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex
Confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013 Having received
This vital payment number, therefore you are qualified now to
Received and confirm your payment with the Federal Government of
Nigeria immediately within 24hrs.

Now you are directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General
Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr.Mohammed Bello immediately so that he
Will pay you and attach 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.Mohammed Bello

Contact him now and inform him that you received an email from the
Presidency and the Audit Department of the Federal Ministry of
Finance, Instructing you to call him for immediate release of your
Fund and forward your Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake

NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming
Call, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those
Fraudsters that have been frustrating our efforts, I shall stop and
Cancel your payment immediately.

Best Regards,

GEN. IBRAHIM DANKWOBE Auditor General, Nigeria Government scams,

Dr.H. Baba-Ahmed SGF-GSO,Federation Secretary of the federation (Federal
Republic of Nigeria)

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