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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <cenbnk.nig@live.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:44:43 -0700
Subject: Un Paid Fund

From Desk of Debt Management Office
Email: info123@officer.com

Attn: Unpaid Beneficiary
We write in regards to your delayed Contract/Inheritance Funds in the sum of Ten Million USD,which you are yet to receive as a result of
your inability to raise the required fee(s) to conclude your Transaction. The United Nations and Debt Management office has decided
to proffer a solution that will make it easier for all the Beneficiaries to receive their Funds.

We understood that some Fees are required in order to process and Transfer of your Funds into your Account. We are also aware that most
Beneficiaries do not have these required fees.We have therefore deliberated with the Bank in charge of this payment to allow
Beneficiaries the privilege of receiving their Funds in two (2) or three (3)installments.
In this case, Beneficiaries will no longer be required to pay the fee at once but part of it depending on the number of installments such
Beneficiary will like his/her Funds to be released to him/her.

Write the Bank in charge below and request that you want your fund to be transferred to your account by installments payment,so that once
the first payments enters into your account you can then use money from there to facilitate the transfer of the remaining balance,once
you confirms the first installments into your account that will equally give you another opportunity to do a telex-transfer and
withdrawal from your account to the BANK Online transfer procedure.

The Bank which is now in charge of your Payment has agreed to give the Beneficiaries the option of receiving their Funds at once,in two or
three installments.This will help the beneficiaries to pay part of the fee and receive part of their Funds with which such beneficiary
can offset the remaining fee and receive his/her complete Funds.To break this down:Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($850) fee will
facilitate the release/transfer of One Million United States Dollars (US$1,000,000.00) only. Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) fee will
facilitate the release/transfer of Two Million United States Dollars (US$2,000,000.00) only.

Five Thousand One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($5,150) fee which is the total fee will facilitate the release/transfer of your FullContract/inheritance Funds in the sum of Ten Million United States
Dollars (US$10,000.000.00).However,in case you cannot afford the charges for the above mentioned installments,you should feel free to
inform the Oceanic Bank how much you have for a lower instalment.

This is the best the United Nations and Debt Management Office can do for you and you are advised to take advantage of this opportunity.So
kindly,contact Mr Victor Godwin .Chief Financial Officer,Oceanic Bank Plc Victor Island Branch He could be reached at
Email:(cenbnk.nig@live.com OR victor.godwin0@gmail.com, Phone: +234 80760 55523) to indicate your preferable option payment.

NOTE: Do not be afraid/scared to indicate the amount you have in hands (no proper-amount is so small to trigger installments-payment base on
our discussion with the Oceanic Bank).

Thank You once again.

Mr. Richard Brown,
Debt Management Office,
Email: info123@officer.com

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