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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: "DCP. Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dcpibra1122@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 00:34:25 +0100
Subject: RE: APPROVED SUM OF US$15,000,000.00 TO YOUR NAME AND FAVOR.

Dear Sir/Madam,



RE: APPROVED SUM OF US$15,000,000.00 TO YOUR NAME AND FAVOR.



We refer to your Contract Payment Form "Grade E" approval received on the above subject, We wish to inform you that your contract payment file under reference has been approved for immediate payment to you immediately after final endorsement of your Fund Release Order Document.



We hereby mandate the effect of the remittance of this payment $15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United States Dollar Only) into your nominated bank account, You are therefore advised to get back to me for verification of your fund payment.



For more directives, you are warned to disregard other contact with other offices or Banks unless as been directed by me to ensure you are dealing with the right person to your fund payment, I am very much sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past and that is why the president himself instructed me to contact you on the approved fund which has been registered to your name and favor as the rightful beneficiary to the fund amount above.


I have been mandated by the office of the presidency to contact you on this fund approved to your name and favor and all you need to do is to get back to me so that I can instruct and direct you on how to get your fund without further delays and needs your maximum cooperation to enable this payment a successful one.



Yours Faithfully,



DCP. Ibrahim Lamorde
EFCC chairman
Tel: +234-90518-81144

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