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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: "Dr. A. Nwankwo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adhoc1st@one.co.il>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:16:11 -0800
Subject: The Ad-Hoc Committee have discovered your fund.

Dear Beneficiary,
You are in the list of those whose inherited funds were trapped in one of the liquidated banks here since the 2009 banks recapitalization exercise. With reference to the CBN File No: 34567/cbn/IBN/2009, The Ad-Hoc Committee have discovered that you are yet to claim your Money being payment of your inheritance from your deceased relation's account deposit with a liquidated Bank. Now we have the mandate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to manage the assets and debts of the liquidated Banks.

The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Finance under the Ad-Hoc Committee has decided that beneficiaries who are not yet paid should be paid immediately through our International Bank Account with DEUTSCHE BANK, ALTONA, GERMANY. We have been advised to pay you in installmental of USD$ 750,000.00 each, by (ATM CARD). Our Deutsche Bank Account would be debited every three months in your favor until the debt is cleared.
You are required to send the contact address where you want the ATM CARD sent to, via our official courier, IBTX. As soon as we receive your data as requested below and verify that, the ATM CARD would be sent to your designated address. We would require the following information:

1. Beneficiary Full Name:
2. Contact Address:
3. Telephone Number:
4. Age:

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Yours truly,
Dr. A. Nwankwo
(DG AD-HOC COMMITTEE)

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