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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: "Musa Mohammed" <m_mohammed22004@msn.com>
Reply-To: m_mohammed22004@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:09:47 +0000
Subject: COMMUNQUE REGARDING YOUR PAYMENT




COMMUNQUE REGARDING YOUR PAYMENT

Dear Sir,

I am Mr Musa Mohammed , The Assistant Protocol director with the
Central Banks Of Nigeria (CBN) the in charge of documentations
and signal Approval officer to the cable Operator (TELEX DEPARTMENT).

I am writing this mail to notify beneficiaries/contractors
awaiting payment to note that all oustanding payments had been
channeled to the REGIO BANK OF HOLLAND due to the rate of
exthortion by the officials here on the pretex of trying to help
them and sometime contractor contacts are been used to siphone
funds to their different accounts abroad.

To this effect, I will want you to forward all necessary
contacts related to you payment for onward procession and
passage to the telex office for activation of the paying code
which our clearing house will surely demand from you before you
payment can be setup online. At the reciept of your rep, A code
will be activated with info and the bank informtion will be
relayed across.

Regards,
Musa Mohammed


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