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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: "John Aboh (john33)" <john33@naveganas.com>
Reply-To: john6fbn@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:47:02 +0100
Subject: personal notification

Dear Friend,

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today. I am
Mr. John Aboh the Director, International Remittance Department of this
Bank, my Boss, Mr. Jacobs M. Ajekigbe, the Managing Director/CEO of this
bank is now on compulsory leave and all power have been vested on me to makeall international payments.

Also, due to reported cases of corrupt practices in other Nigeria Banks
including the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Government has
revocked/cancelled all power vested on those banks and have appointed our
bank (First Bank of Nigeria) to make all foreign payments.
Your fund has been in this bank for few years unclaimed because my boss Mr.
Jacobs Ajekigbe have declined to furnished you with the truth on how to
claim your fund, this was because he has been using the interest accumulated

from your fund every year to enrich himself without your knowledge.

I want to help you pull out this fund to your bank account using the easiest

and the quickest method, which have not been made known to you before. By
this method, you will open a domiciliary account with this bank (First Bank
of Nigeria), your fund would be lodged into this dociliary account and your
fund will be paid in directly to any bank of your choice.
After the transfer, you will confirm the fund in your bank account within 10

hours the same day. No Cost of Transfer (COT) and no Governmental
interferance or excessive taxation from any departments as the transfer will

be done within the bank alone and it is very safe.
The method which was introduced to you before is the Telegraphic Transfer
(TT) for which confirmation was 48hrs, because of the time factor, petitions

could come from various organizations stopping your payment and asking you
to pay huge fee which would be difficult for you to pay so that they can
benefit from the huge interest your fund generates while still in the Bank.
This method is not safe for you because it is not done within the bank alone

as information of the payment would be sent to the Central Control Unit(CCU)

of the Federal Ministry of Finance and office of the Accountant General of
the Federation.

I have nothing to gain by keeping your fund and I never

intend to neither now nor in the future. My great concern is to assist you
actualize and enable the rapid release of your fund before my boss resumes
office. You have to follow up and work with me now despite your shortcomings

or inadequacies,I will strongly support you to achieve the realization of
this project. So it is advisable that you treat this information with high
confidential and deep regards because of fraudsters and impostors that
parades theirselves by presenting various bank accounts in order to divert
real beneficiary's fund

. Confirm to me through this e-mail address, your present/valid account
co-ordinates and amount to be claimed so that I do not transfer your fund to

the wrong Bank Account.


Awaiting your quick response.
Yours truly,
MR. JOHN O. ABOH


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