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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: "GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI,RTD.,GCFR. PRESIDENT ,FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,FRN" <presidentofnigeria23413@gmail.com>
Reply-To: newpresidentofnigeriang72@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 02:58:44 -0700 (MST)
Subject: X-Spam-Flag LAST NOTICE BEFORE WE TRANSFER YOUR CONTRACT OR INHERITANCE FUND
TODAY WITHIN 24 HOURS




THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
PRESIDENT ADVISE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT & INHERITANCE FUND
ASO-ROCK - ABUJA
Telephone number :234-806-860-9049 or 234-903-162343
Email:newpresidentofnigeriang72@gmail.com

ATTN: HON. BENEFICIARY


DATE: 27-1-2016

SUBJECT: LAST NOTICE BEFORE WE TRANSFER YOUR CONTRACT OR
INHERITANCE FUND TODAY WITHIN 24 HOURS

I am MUHAMMADU BUHARI, the NEW PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA. Based on your Foreign Payment and Inheritance Fund and in
cognizance with the credit cover of CBN duly adopted by the NEW Senate
Committee on Foreign Payment and Inheritance Fund as requested for a fund
movement cover in your favor. I am compelled to advise you
to contact, DAVID. I RAINER; THE HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE FEDERAL
RESERVED BANK UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, WHICH IS OUR AFFILIATED BANK; on
this TELEPHONE: +1 408-809-3932 AND SEND FAX TO 1-408-677-2981, or through
this E-mail: info@federalreserve-bank.com Very urgently. In view of
several efforts already made by us to contact you for the following
reasons:

1. My Office desks have just received a sworn affidavit to re-route
your payment into a new
Bank Account number as stated Bank of AMERICA (U .S.A)
Account #: 004792442195.
3. Please, also confirm if you have authorized your attorney to change
your banking

particulars
to the following particulars stated below:
BANK OF AMERICA
ACCOUNT NAME=BENBROOK ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT INC
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 004792442195
ROUTING NUMBER= 111000025

3. Also re-confirm your Contract Number, Contract Amount, Private
Telephone and Fax number, your E-mail Address, Office or home address, so
that we can cross-check it with our file records. We have decided to
contact you because we suspected that somebody is trying to divert your
money through the sworn affidavit of means, into a new different bank
account. Already, their associates have requested us to place a cash
call order in their favor on your behalf, but we discovered that your
signature
was forged.

Therefore, you are hereby advised to contact DAVID. I RAINER, THE HEAD OF
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE FEDERAL RESERVED BANK UNITED OF AMERICA, WHICH IS
OUR AFFILIATED BANK on this TELEPHONE, +1 408-809-3932 AND SEND FAX TO
1-408-677-2981,or through this E-mail : info@federalreserve-bank.com.
Regarding the above stated.

Please inform him and acknowledge your acceptance to the above stated, but
if not, please do not hesitate to inform him very urgently, so that he can
stop the diversion of your fund. For security reasons, please contact him
through the phone number, FAX or e-mail, immediately, to avoid
interception. CALL HIM NOW BEFORE HE TRANSFER YOUR

FUND TODAY ON HIS NUMBER IS AS FOLLOWS OFFICE +1 408-809-3932 AND SEND FAX
TO 1-408-677-2981 OR EMAIL : info@federalreserve-bank.com
Best regards.

MUHAMMADU BUHARI
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

CALL DAVID. I RAINER, THE HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE FEDERAL
RESERVED BANK UNITED OF AMERICA, WHICH IS OUR AFFILIATED BANK AS SOON AS
YOU RECEIVED THIS FAX ON THIS NUMBER +1 408-809-3932 OR 1-408-677-2981
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR SEND HIM EMAIL \THROUGH THIS EMAIL;
info@federalreserve-bank.com


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