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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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Fraud email example:

From: j_m dircetor <j_m_dircetor@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:31:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PAYMENT VIA CERTIFIED CHEQUE


>From The Desk Of {Mr. Jim Ovia}
Newly Appointed Chairman
Interdependence Personified Payment Initiative System (I.P.P.I.S)
Office Of The Finance Minister{Federal Republic Of Nigeria}

Attn: Beneficiary, Amarjit Singh

IMMEDIATE PAYMENT VIA CERTIFIED CHEQUE
In our collective and relentless commitment to rid the Economic Sector of Nigeria of corruption, which has for many years hampered the smooth remittance of fund belonging to contractors, creditors and recipients of inherited fund as next of kin/contract.

In the spirit of this new drive, I remain obliged to make a direct contact to you in my executive capacity as the CHAIRMAN of Interdependence Personified Payment Initiative System (I.P.P.I.S) This message is to directly inform you that this committee has come out in this New Year with a policy aimed at eradicating corruption and discrediting of fund as directed by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

This new method of payment was equally devised to stop fraudulent demand of taxes and illegal charges from corrupt officials who intentionally delay and sometimes frustrate beneficiary's approved payment with glimpsing excuses such as non-payment of these unconstitutional fees.

This payment policy known as Interdependence Personified Payment Initiative System(I.P.P.I.S) is designed to give a direct payment from this office to any of the beneficiary's given address through a certified cheque. Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria who remain chief culprits in the falsification of classified documents, manipulation and outright compersonation of highly placed officials to derail payment programs has been relieve of their duties and involvement in payment settlement in this dispensation.

You are hereby warned not to transact any business with any official from the CBN or any other office apart from this office.
Re-comfirm below informations to me as soon as you receive this message.
[1]Your full name
[2]Your mailling address where the cheque will be delivered
[3]Your mobile telephone/Fax numbers
[4] Expected amount US$

It is on this note that you are hereby instructed to reconfirm the above information, to avoid wrong mailing of cheque to wrong address and in other to checkmate crime in this payment exercise.

From henceforth, you are warned to stop further transaction of your payment with any of your local representatives, because we discovered that none of them work with any ministry or neither do they work with any Federal Government Paralstatals here in Nigeria.

We sincerely apologize for all inconveniences that delayed your payment as we urge you to initiate action for your payment.

More details will be given to you upon receipt of your response.
Yours faithfully,

MR.JIM OVIA
Chairman:(I.P.P.I.S)


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