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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: "JOHNSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jj8295001@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 02:02:11 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT APPROVAL / REMITTANCE NOTICE

Access Bank of Nigeria Plc is registered in Nigeria
Registered Plot 1665 Oyin Jolayemi Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria
(Authorized and regulated by the Central Bank)
From Deputy Managing Director (Fund Manager)
Direct Phone: +234-80-95332088

PAYMENT APPROVAL / REMITTANCE NOTICE


We are obliged to inform you that we have received a payment order from federal government of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance instructing us to contact you for the remittance of your contract / inheritance funds valued US$10.5 Million USD into your bank account without any delay.

However, we are handling this transfer with extreme and vivid carefulness in other to avoid any wrongful transfer, based on that we cannot remit these funds immediately without first contacting you to find out the following security oriented information vis:


YOUR NAME & FULL HOME ADDRESS
DIRECT PHONE/FAX NUMBER
BANK NAME
ACCOUNT NUMBER
ACCOUNT NAME


The moment this information is received, we will programmed it into our system and as soon as that is done, we will immediately wire your contract / inheritance funds swiftly to your bank account and all the transfer confirmation details will be forwarded to you for your easy confirmation with your bank. Please you are advised to comply with these directives immediately so as to enable us include your file in our payment master list (PML) which has been approved for immediate / final remittance.

Waiting for your urgent response.

Regards and God bless you.


MR. JOHN JOHNSON
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR
ACCESS BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
1665 OYIN JOLAYEMI STREET,
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS NIGERIA

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