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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: "SGF OF THE FEDERATIONS." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <muazu.adamu.bello@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:14:41 -0700
Subject: Secretary to the Government Of The Federations (SGF)

Congratulations Unpaid Beneficiary,

Sir/Madam.

It is obvious that you have not received your Inheritance/Contract fund due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reasons and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in you receiving your due funds.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the
current President of Nigeria his Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts/Inheritance owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery, Inheritance and the likes.

Please be informed that i have being mandated as the Secretary to the Nigerian Government(SGF)by Mr President after our Executive Council Meeting of Wedenesday 4th March 2011 to issue this important circular to you hence your funds has being Approved and Gazatted for immediate payment for this first qurter of the year,your are hereby requested to call and contact the below Remittance Officer for him to release your funds with immediate effect as approved by the Federal Executive Council headed by President Goodluck Jonathan himself.

Call him immediately on phone as soon as you receive this letter that the SGF of the Federations instructed you to contact him for your urgent payment as approved by the FEC,now let him know how you will like to receive your payment?KTT Telephone wired bank transfer, via a certified bank draft or by ATM Debit Master card? To effect the release of your fund valued at $10.5million USD you are advised to contact the director of payment via his telephone and email as below:

Contact Officer Name:Alhaji Muazu Adamu Bello.
Contact Office: Remittance Department
Contact Email : muazu.adamu.bello@gmail.com
Contact Telephone:234-805-887-5754.

On contacting the above officer and office do provide him with the following informations for him to process your payment.

Your full Name...
Your Address:................
Home/Cell Phone:...................
occupation..........................
Preferred Payment Method (ATM/Certified bank draft) KTT Telephone Transfer................
age/sex


You are therefore advice not to toy with this urgent and gazatted payment instruments by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) as a mandate was also issued to terminate the funds payment immediately if you fail to claim your funds this last qurter of the year,your FEC Payment Approved details is as below which you have to reference to Dr,Desmond Nnamani when you call him hence without it he will no attend to you.

File No is: FGN/FMB/DBA/X-2011
Payment Reference# FGN/PRE.CBN.XXOO34.
Code:1118855/XXX.11.


Revart back to this office as soon as you receive your funds so that your payment file will be closed officially and sorry for the long delays as it will be make up now

Yours sincerely,


Alhaji Yayale Ahmed,GCON.
Secretary to the Government of the Federations (SGF)

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