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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: "SENATOR C K JOHN" <senator_ckjohn005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: senatorckjohn2008@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:47:24 -0700
Subject: FOREIGN PAYMENT

OFFICE OF CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO GCFR
PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF ARMED FORCES
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO ROCK VILLA
ABUJA

Cablegram: pre

ATTN: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR

Re-ImmediateUS$10Million Part-Payment of Your Contract Fund with Federal
Government of Nigeria.
This is to inform you that the Presidency has stepped into the payment of
your contract funds with the Federal Government of Nigeria due to the
complain you contractor?s make to United Nation and World Bank to sanction
Nigeria Government not to have any other business relationship with any
country till we settle all our outstanding debts our to you foreign
contractor?s.

A meeting was hold at Abuja regards to this sanction from the UN and World
Bank for the settlement of this debts own to you contractor?s, I wish to
inform you that an International Certified Bank Draft worth of US$10Million
has been raised in your favour as your name appear in our computer with some
other vital documents that will help you cash the draft in your country
without problem and the balance will be paid to you in known distance time.
You are to come down here in Nigeria for the collection of this
Draft/Documents but alternatively if you can not make the trip here in
Nigeria for the collection of this Draft/Documents here in Nigeria with a
genuine reason you are to pay the US$465.00(Three Hundred And Sixty Five
United States Dollars Only) for the Issuance Fee and DHL Fee of dispatching
to you be inform to contact only Chairman Foreign Payment Unit SENATORC.K
JOHN on this direct Tel:80-33-666669Fax:1-797809 Email:
senatorckjohn2007@yahoo.no for the collection of this US$10.000.000.00 in
your returning fax to his office reconfirm your phone and fax number.

Note that your corporation towards this matter will help us a lot in
regaining back our position with the UN and be advise to stop any other
further contact with any office that is previously handling your payment
they are not in position again to effect your fund in other not to
jeopardize your effort of receiving this funds even your local
representatives here in Nigeria and attorney they done harm then good every
day in your contract file regards to change of account not given by you
contractor?s.

Understand that if you are cut by the Nigerian Telecommunication Monitoring
Unit (NTMU) that you are contacting another office apart from this mention
office you are to pay a fine of US$100.000.00 for not adhering to our
instruction is not our wish to have your funds delayed
a word is enough for a wise.

CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO

PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA GCFR.


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