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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: ALEX EDWARD <alex.edwardcbn1968@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 02:36:22 -0800
Subject: RE-PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

From:Edward .A
Auditor General of the Federation
(Apex Bank Representative to IMF/
Member international monetary policy World Bank)
Tele:+2348120808879

Dear Sir

I 'm Honorable. Bernard Otis Auditor General of the federation
/chairman senate committee on debt Reconciliation on Foreign
contractors payments Representing senate Committee on foreign
debts and financial matters of the of the presidency, monitoring all
debts payments release by Apex Bank/ affiliate/correspondence banks
or offshore payments centers .

I have being directed by senate committee on foreign debts and
financial matters, senate committee on Banking and finance ,to bring
to your notice and to your urgent attention on the readiness of the
government to offset all the debts owned to foreign contractors
this last payment season of 2014/2015 payment season.

Nigerian Government/her financial bodies knows & understand all the
problems/ disappointment you foreign contractors has gone through in
trying to claim their fund /inheritance .Due to what we described as
bad handling by unscrupulous and corrupt erstwhile officials in
charge of foreign contract/inheritance payment in the past

However, upon assumption of office by this Democratically Elected
Government, series of special meeting were hold home and abroad with
some leader of the World Monetary Institution E. G World Bank Group,
International Monetary fund {I M F} Paris and London club of creditors
European Economic Community {E. E. C.} and envoy's of our
correspondence of International Bank of settlement worldwide
affiliated with the Apex Bank. The purpose of these special meetings
is to

{I} rebuild Nigeria Economic and rebuild our global image which has been getting

{ii} pay all Foreign Debts. In this regards, and due to the good and
positive results we receive from this special meeting a Total sum of
US$20.5Billion U.S. Dollars have been approved From the supplementary
Budget Bill of 2014/15 which was approved by the upper house of
assembly/presidency ,recently to pay all Foreign Contractors whose
payment have Been handing since all government Regime come 2015

In order to show the World Democratic transparency , this Government
assurance to all foreign Contractors 100% that in 72 Banking Hours
their contract Fund will be effected to their nominated Bank Account
by Apex Bank or its overseas affiliates banks or fiduciary payment
agents or offshore payment centers upon confirmation of legal
ownership of such contract sums,

Furthermore be informed that my reasons of contacting you is that
there was unclaimed contract sums of $65.4m,contract File No:
0634/NNPC:WRF/98 and I have investigated and verify all process to
this unclaimed fund and confirmed it was an over invoiced amount
fixed by past NNPC contract awarding committees which have no trace to
any foreign contractor and those NNPC officers has left office and
there is No way or means any of them to near this sums for claim as
all the beneficiary information they fixed as oversea beneficiary was
no way right but a means to divert this $65.4m out of government
pause /out of the country to share among themselves, For this I beg
you to forward to me all your personal/bank information to enable us
claim this fund hence is been approved , there is no risk now and
after.

If interested you are hereby advised to confirm the below
information for the immediate for within the next 72

Your Full Name,
Your Company's Name,
Your Address Home/Office
You're Phone Home/Office/Mobile
Bank Data
Contract Amount: $65.4m
Contract No: File No: 0634/NNPC:WRF/98

Note: that Apex Bank of Nigeria or its affiliate/correspondence bank
or offshore payment centers does not have the power to effect any
payment without the due clearance, of any contract file/payment, this
is reasons why you should forward to me your personal/banking
coordinates to enable me use them to perfect all the internal
/official process that will prove you the legal/rightful owner of the
amount above and upon transferred into you're a/c we will share it
Waiting to hear from you

Yours Faithfully
Edward Alex

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