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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: "DAVID MARK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ddmarkoffce22113@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 03:42:04 -0500
Subject: ?"}+FROM THE OFFICE OF THE (SENATE PRESIDENT)+><>:}

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE (SENATE PRESIDENT)
DR DAVID MARK (SENATE PRESIDENT)
FEDRAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
E-MAIL:ddvdmrk9897@live.com
DIRECT/LINE-234-7087349840
 
                        Attn: My Honourable Contractor,
 
We were authorized by the newly appointed United Nation Secretary General, and the Governing body of the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay
that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs in Nigeria who are trying to divert your
funds into their private accounts.
 
 
I, senate President Dr David Mark in Conjunction with the EFCC Director ,Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde,, held a meeting last week concerning contract payment,both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.
 
On going through contractors file yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your contract payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.
 
However,I wish to inform you now that your outstanding contract payment is ($20,000,000. Twenty Million United States dollars). Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021,Allocation No: 674632Password No: 339331,Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103, CBN 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 the next week.
 
Now you are hereby directed to contact our correspondent bank, the Executive Director,Regional Director, Nigeria, Managing Director,Ecobank Nigeria (DR BENARD OBI)immediately so that he will pay you and fax you the payment Copy Slip and also you should reconfirm your Banking Details, Secret Code No: which is (XXTN013),this is to avoid mistake while transferring your overduecontract payment to you today.
 
Contact Person:
 
Name:Dr Benard Obi
Bank Name:- Eco bank of Nigeria Plc.( Regional Director)
Email Address: (offce223@live.com)
Tel:234-8167732582.
 
Contact him now and inform him that you received a message from the chief executive officer of the ecobank Of Nigeria,Instructing you to contact him for immediate release of your contract payment and forward your Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake.
 
NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls and emails, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating you for years,your payment will be stoped and cancelled immediately.
 
Get in touch with me as soon as you contact DR. BENARD OBI Via my private
email address (ddvdmrk9897@live.com)
 
Best Regards
 
Thanks
 
DAVID MARK (SENATE PRESIDENT)
FEDRAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
E-MAIL:ddvdmrk9897@live.com
DIRECT PHONE LINE:234-7087349840

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