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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: "Mr. Godwin Emefiele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ownersnameidcard@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 09:30:06 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD IS READY FOR SHIPMENT 09/1/2015

Head Office Plot 708/709, Adeola Hopewell,
Victoria Island Lagos,Nigeria.
FROM:Desk of Mr GodWin Emefiele
Phone Number+2347036727346
 
Governor Of Central Bank Of Nigeria,
 
RE:YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
 
Mr GodWin Emefiele Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria
 
ATTENTION: Beneficiary
 
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have
not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not
fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract
/inheritance payment.
 
Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to
stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the
board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a
solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your
payment of 28 Million United State ($28,000,000.00) through our ATM
CARD (AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE).
 
Which shall be deliver to your door step ,which is the instruction
given by our president, GOODLUCK JONATHAN (GCFR) Federal Republic of
Nigeria. These include cash and frozen assess to compensate those who
have been attempted or victims of fraud by some importers/fraudsters
in Nigeria, This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will
use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world.
but the maximum is ($5,000) Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars in three
transactions per day.
 
However, every other things has been put in place for safe delivery of
you ATM CARD to your Door step. So, if you like to receive your fund
this way, you are advice to get back to me with the following
information below to enable me get back to you quickly with full
details on how to receive your card.
 
(1) Your Full Name
 
(2) Address where you want the payment center to send your ATM CARD.
 
(3) Phone And Fax Number We shall be expecting to receive your
information you have stop any further communication with anybody or
office. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me with the above
mentioned information.
 
Thanks for your co-operation. Best Regards,
 
I await an immediate response from you.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr GodWin Emefiele
Executive Officer Foreign Payment Department
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
 
Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria. Note: Because of
impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct, which is
(805) so you have to indicate this code when contacting this CARD
CENTER



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