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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: Ogbonaya Onu <info.efccrecovery.fund@gmail.com>
Reply-To: onu_ogbonaya@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 05:34:29 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION NOTIFICATION FOR SCAM VICTIMS

MR.OGBONAYA ONU
Secretary To The Govt Of The Federation (SGF)
Abuja Nigeria.
Our Ref: NGWB/SGFN/2015.

Date:4th July,2015

Good Day to you,

We are writing to inform you that the New President of Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari just opened your case file and is surprised
that you are yet to be paid as such he has ordered the immediate
payment of your long overdue $15.5 million us dollars to you by an ATM
CARD without any further delay.

This is to inform you that your long outstanding fund to the tune
value of amount $15,500,000.00USD($15.5million) has been arranged in a
Debit/VISA ATM Card for immediate delivery to you. View ATM Card
status below:

Card Number: 2133 4890 6521 7224
Date of Issuance: July 1st 2015
Expiry Date: July 1st 2018
Amount Loaded: $15.5million
Withdrawal Limit Per Day: $10,000

Requirement for shipment:
1.) Shipment Fee: $35
2.) Insurance Coverage Fee: $40
Total Amount Needed: $75

Kindly contact the shipping company with your Full Name Telephone
Number and Address on below detail and strictly adhere to shipment
payment advise in order to deliver Card to you safely without hitch.

Here are western union details where to send your shipping delivery
fees for your ATM CARD to complete delivery to your home address.

NAME:MR.OKAM UDO
ADDRESS:LAGOS NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION:URGENT
ANSWER:NEED
AMOUNT:$75 USD

COURIER COMPANY NAME: CLYDES EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE
Contact Name: MR.OKAM UDO
CONTACT EMAIL: +2347088596154
CONTACT EMAIL: clydesexpress_courierservice@yahoo.es

As soon as you pay above shipment fee via Western union Money Transfer
or money gram, you will be given a TRACKING NUMBER to track down your
ATM Card delivery to your resident address through the shipping
website that will be provided to you by the shipping company. THE 4
DIGIT PIN NUMBER

WILL BE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL BY THE CUSTOMER CARE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR
SECURITY REASON.

For the Safe delivery of your ATM CARD you are advice to ensure you
attached payment slip along with your passport identifications for
confirmation on arrival of your ATM CARD to your home address very
importantly.

Yours Sincerely,

Ogbonaya Onu
Secretary To The Govt Of The Federation (SGF)

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