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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: "DUE PROCESS OFFICE" <dueprocessofficeng@gmail.com>
Reply-To: claimdeptdueprocessoffice@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:36:59 +0530 (IST)
Subject: FOR YOUR TRAPPED FUNDS

Attn: Fund Beneficiary

This is to inform you of a meeting held yesterday, between UNITED NATION
International Financial Investigation Unit, Federal Bureau Investigation
(FBI) and NIGERIA GOVERNMENT concerning all outstanding foreign payments
of which yours is among them. It was agreed that a new Foreign Payment
Identification Pin Code Number be raised for these payments because of the
fraudulent activities and scam happening in this country and all over the
world now. We are aware that various unimagined offices created by these
fraudsters have been used to contact some fund beneficiaries like you with
promises to pay them with Fake ATM CARD without access pin code and fake
Bank Draft, all in an effort to extort money from them. When this issue
was raised yesterday during the meeting it was agreed that the
beneficiaries of these outstanding payments should be paid within this
fiscal Quarter of the year 2010 with a New Payment Code without further
encumbrances.

Our President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has therefore directed that from today
all the foreign beneficiaries that are yet to receive their fund be
contacted and their funds released within 48hrs so far as he/she is
willing to obtain the Access Cable Pin Code Number. You are therefore
advised to contact us to obtain your fund Access Cable Pin Code Number for
the immediate release of your fund through our accredited bank.

Meanwhile note that we are allotted only USD200,000,000.00 for all these
payments within this quarter, the payments will be according to when a
beneficiary obtained his/her Pin Code, so make use of this opportunity now
to avoid being victims again to the fraudsters

Best Regards
Mr. Emeka Eze
Director General, Due Process Office



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