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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: SENATOR DAVID MARK <cbnnigeria@orchidserve.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:35:14 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION'

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
OurRef: FGN /SNT/STB
E-mail:cbnnigeria@orchidserve.com

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of
the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the
civilian Head of State, New President Dr. Good luck Jonathan and the
Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria, Dr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi held a
meeting last week concerning payment, 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 now and
attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your
payment accordingly. 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 these 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. Rex Johnson ,immediately so that he
will pay you and fax 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. Also note that from
the record in our file, your outstanding contract payment is
USD$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million 500 Hundred United States Dollars).

Contact Person: Dr. Rex Johnson
E-mail: cbnnigeria@orchidserve.com
Phone:+234-8054590421

Contact him now and inform him that you received an email from The
Federal House of Senate Federal Republic of Nigeria, Instructing you
to write 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 and defrauding
beneficiaries, we shall stop and cancel your payment immediately.


BEST REGARDS
SENATOR DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)




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