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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: "BKN BKN" <bkn004@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:01:58 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

                                                     DR. NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA
                               MINISTER OF FINANCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
                                          FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
                          FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, GARKI ABUJA

Phone.234-80331-62667



Attention:

          TRANSFER FRAUD ALERT / ATTEMPTED DIVERSION OF FUNDS


Permit me the pleasure of introducing my self as Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo
Iweala. I am the Federal Minister of Finance and Economic Development. I am
writing you with respect to the transfer of funds you have been expecting
from Nigeria. For the benefit of doubt, you must insist to speak with me
over the telephone to confirm the authenticity of this correspondence before
we proceed to deliberate on this matter, as my person and office are being
severally impersonated by some predominantly male crooks. To this end, you
could easily detect these frauds because they will be unwilling to speak
with you as their male voices would be at variance with my famous soft
spoken female voice.
Please be advised that the Office of the President, in conjunction with the
Federal Anti Fraud Bureau (FAFB), and the National Economic Intelligence
Agency (NEIA), has discovered a plot by some impostors working in
collaboration with unauthorized low ranking officials of the Central Bank of
Nigeria, to manipulate and divert your payment transfer to a Swiss Bank
Account.According to the intelligence report, one of the primary suspects in this plot was enlisted as Mr.Tunde Obasanjo, a name which has been making rounds
in several international scam cases. The said report holds that these
persons have been extorting you, under the guise of facilitating the
transfer of your funds. This plot was exposed when “Mr.Tunde Obasanjo, and
his accomplices in attempt to bribe their way through the office of the
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to replace your transfer bank
account with the said Swiss Account, but could not produce a signed power of
attorney to that effect from you.The report finally concluded that these
persons have been wickedly extorting funds from you to bribe their way and
facilitate their hidden agenda, while using you as a Guinea Pig. These
crooks are being trailed with a view of apprehending them. You are therefore
forbidden from preempting any member of the syndicate. Otherwise, the
Presidency would not hesitate to out-rightly cancel your transfer.

Likewise, your full cooperation is a prerequisite for your consideration for
a Presidential Swift Transfer Process. Consequently, the Office of the
President has instructed me to use my good office as the Minister of Finance
and Chief Finance Officer of this Country to quickly resolve your transfer.
Therefore, my Office, the Ministry of Justice, and the Central Bank of
Nigeria are poised to proceed with Authentic Official Documentary and Legal
Processes towards regularizing and legalizing your transfer for immediate
execution. By this prescription, you will eventually be required to
personal come down to endorse 3 sets of Bonded Volumes of Original Transfer
Agreement Documents of about 12 Pages each, with the Embossed Seal and
Insignia of the Presidency.

I am sure you will be delighted by this presidential gesture, and would not
hesitate to take advantage of this most auspicious chance to finally receive
your long over due transfer. You are therefore advised to reply immediately
and call to speak with me, after which you will be detailed further. Please
note again that your qualification for this transfer concession is
consequent upon your discontinuance of any form of prior transactions. You
are warned that these faceless crooks are very desperate and would stop at
nothing to realize their evil intentions. I look forward to your earliest
reply and telephone call.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.
 
 


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