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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: Dr uwaoma Central Bank of Nigeria <druwaoma_kttcbn@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER.




FROM DR VICENT UWAOMA

DIRECTOR KEY TESTED TELEX WIRE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT,

Central Bank of Nigeria

Tinubu Squre - Lagos

Tel 234-803-3184399




ATTN:

(RE: THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER)


I am delighted to contact you on a private note based on your claim to your contract

fund, which has been programmed for transfer into your designated bank account

through my department.


I am hereby apologizing to you for the delay in releasing this fund into your account, which was caused by me because of breach of agreement between me and your so-called partners in Nigeria who introduced you into the business.


Your Nigerian partners approached me that they want to present you as a beneficiary of this fund as it was CONTRACT OVER-INVOICING and NEXT OF KIN BENEFICIARY made when they are awarding payment Settlement to all foreign firms.So after the negotiation, we unanimously agreed that they (your partners) would give me the sum of US$200,000.00 (CASH) on my acceptance to assist them to transfer the fund into your account.When I accepted the offer, they forwarded all your banking particulars to me for onward transfer. As soon as I made some fruitful effort on the business and demanded my US$200,000.00 as agreed.Your partners deviated from the agreement and decided to go through the International Remittance Department at my back and make a change of your bank account in other to disappoint me and you also not knowing that the International remittance Department is also under my control.Then I got the knowledge of their evil plans and prove their illicit efforts abortive.That is why
for sometimes you have been pursing this payment, spending unnecessary funds to some fraudulent individuals in Nigeria who claimed to be in charge to release your fund.


I want to re-emphasis to you that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA IN CONJUCTION WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE has mapped out $500,000,000.00(five hundred million united states dollars only)to settle all this depts PLUS all the funds you have spent in the process of this claim to the impostures hence you could provide a proof that you are one of the beneficiaries to this over due fund payment.


Your fund is still with me and under my control.Now with my whole heart I want to enter into real business with you on a sincere agreement since your partners have disappointed me and the fund is still floating in your name waiting for a proper documentation and claim.


1.On an agreement, I assure you that I am going to transfer this fund into your account.

2.You will assure me of keeping my dealings with you to an utmost secrecy because of my position.

3.You will promise to give me 20% of the total fund as soon as the fund gets into your account with a written promissory note signed by you.

4.will assist you in making a proper document to make your claim genuine as a bonafide foreign contractors or Next of kin beneficiary to the said fund.


I am aware that some fraudulent individuals has been impersonating my name and office to contact you and other Beneficiaries as reported by the Central Bank of Nigeria authorities. I advised you that henceforth, you should suspend any dealings from any group of person(s) either from the CBN or any other financial institution / parastatals in Nigeria or overseas that might be contacting you in this purpose and endeavour to keep this information confidential until we finalize this transaction. Also on no account must you contact these your partners any more, this is for my own safety and for the security of the fund. Because they will not stop at any length to getting this fund. And on no account must you let them know of my contact with you. Please reply this message urgently to my alternative email address:druwaoma_kttcbn@yahoo.com and call me on my confidential Tel 234-803-3184399,as soon as you received this mail. While waiting for your favourable response. God bless you.


Yours faithfully,

DR.VICENT UWAOMA

DIRECTOR KTT CBN.





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