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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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Fraud email example:

From: umusa_ng@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:48:16 +0100
Subject: Payment for your long overdue payment.

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
DEBT RECEONCILLIATION COMMITTEE
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT

Attention,

Re: Payment for your long overdue payment.

I saw your name (in the Central Bank of Nigeria's computer) among the
lis=
t
of individuals and companies that the Central Bank of Nigeria had been
ow=
ing
for long. According to the information retrieved from the computer,
you
are owed the sum of Twenty eight million five hundred thousand U.S
Dollar=
s,
(US$28.5 million).

I am presently processing your payment and would like you to furnish me

w=
ith
the following details:

(1) Your current physical address. This is to enable me to send your
cheq=
ue
as soon as it is ready.
(2) The name that your cheque will bear.
(3) Your telephone/fax numbers. This is for voice/data communication.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf of the Central Bank of
Nigeria
for our failure to pay your funds, which according to records in the
syst=
em
had been long overdue. Send the requested information by email to this

a=
ddress
info_dept_cbn@yahoo.com or umusa_ng@yahoo.com.

You may call me on this personal numbers 234-805-715-4059.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Usman Musa
(Director Int'l Remit. Dept. CBN)





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