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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: "Debt-Relief" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <secretarygovtfednig@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:29:52 -0000
Subject: USUFAP-Debt Relief

New Page 1

My dear Compliment of the day,
This is to notify you that We the Delegates from World Bank Global Auditors, UK Unclaimed Funds Search office http://www.unclaimedassets.co.uk/trace_forgotten_funds.htm , US unclaimed funds and abandoned property (USUFAP) office http://www.unclaimedassets.com/ who were invited by IMF via FBI to Assisted Nigeria Presidency to carry out a comprehensive investigation , Statutory Audit, Review and Pre-investigative on transactions carried out in all Banks and Financial institutions in Nigeria between 1999-2014 and apprehend those involved into the alarming Scams activates of defrauded of foreign creditors whom lost huge sum of monies in course of pursuit for the release of their contract(s) payment, inheritance payment , Lotto/Promo payment, investment payment and uncompleted international transaction etc that was withheld due to their Government failed bureaucracy on scam which the matter brought before World bank has tarnished the image of Nigeria Government/its community. and it prompt our investigation to be extended to Benin Republic, Ghana, Abidjan and some Africa countries that involved in this act.

In the course of our auditing, we recovered to our greatest surprised that your US$12.4Million  outstanding Funds was  released to you Last year but its  generated interest was not calculated and pays which our auditors carried out the  analysis immediately and calculated your generated unpaid  interest which came out US$220,000.00US-dollars, Due to its humanitarian purposes, your US$220,000.00US-dollars generated interest was Approved for instant payment to you.

The US$220,000.00 was credited into an ATM CARD with your Name engraved on it and the four digit personal identification Number (PIN) coded with silver panel at the back cover of the card making you the ONLY authorized person to scratch the silver coded panel area to reveal your first four digit pin-code Number once you open your sealed Parcel, so to enables you start withdrawing your fund from any Atm point/machines around you that accepts Visa card anywhere in the world.

You can now come to:.. Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria Presidency, Aso Rock Villa, Garki Fct Nigeria
Very Attention to : Senator (Dr) Anyiam Pius Anyiam, EMail: anyiampanyim@presidency.com
Tel:+ 234 807 813 6162, Fax: + 234 807 873 6544


Note: if you are unable to come to Nigeria now, and you choose the option of onward delivery of your Parcel directly to your contact address, you will pay for your parcel handling charges/delivery fee and you are requires first to urgently re-confirm your Full Name/telephone, Secured receiving address where your Atm Card Parcel shall be Delivers to you so to avoid wrong delivery and forward your information directly to Dr anyiam Pius anyirm, The Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria, as stated above via email: anyiampanyim@presidency.com  for proper identification

In legal compliance of this payment policy as stipulated by IMF, if you are unable to come to Nigeria to pick your parcel by yourself maybe because of your health condition or work activities that might not allow you to come here, you will send the payment of US$120.00(One hundred and Twenty )handling charges/delivery fee for the shipment of your Atm Debit Card parcel directly to your secured contact address and this handling charges/delivery fee is Non-negotiable. We count on your prompt response, Thank you.
Lepovitz Lewis Lawrence
Head of Services.
US Unclaimed Funds and Abandoned Property (USUFAP) Debt Relief.
http://www.unclaimedassets.com/
 

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