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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.Dan ubadia" <da_nubadia@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.dan20@yahoo.dk
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:58:58 +0100
Subject: FUND RELEASE ORDER

THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT
ON FINANCIAL AFFAIRS/ DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT
Tel: 234-80-57-23-94-31
From the desk of:
Dr. Dan Ubadia(F.E.C).



FUND RELEASE

Attention:

It has come to my notice that your long overdue fund payment has not been
released to you. Since the release order has been instructed and mandated to
you after a conclusive meeting with the Federal Executive Council (F.E.C).

After my investigation, I found out that your fund has not been claimed and
also found out that all effort by you to receive your payment fail, base on
wrong information by your local representatives deceptive notification
message to you concerning the release of your payment such illegal
information that has been sending to by your local representatives should be
disregarded and discarded in your own interest to avoid making unnecessary
and illegal payment to any body.

I want you to know that as far as the office of the Special Adviser is
concerned all letter of notification of your payment has been sent to us.


Therefore, you are advised to contact this office within 72 hours of the
receipt of this urgent message to indicate clearly, reasons why you have not
claimed your fund after Federal High Court judgment, all the Federal
Parastatals, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Federal
Ministry of Finance (FMF), The National Assembly (NASS), Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) has been notified in respect of your payment.

Failing to comply with this urgent message, we have no option than to go to
the court for the cancellation of the payment as unclaimed fund, this is to
enable the

International Community to have no blame on the Federal Republic of Nigeria
for not paying you, which happened in the past. Our correspondence Bankers
are awaiting further instructions from me for the release of your money.

Please contact me immediately you receive this urgent message/ phone stated
above for security reasons. Every arrangement towards the release of your
payment has been concluded; your urgent attention is needed on this matter.

As a matter of urgency, all contractors concerned are hereby advised to
comply by making sure that their full details below are forwarded to office
of the new chairman as follows;-

A) CONTRACT AMOUNT
(B) CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER
(C) BANKING CORDINATES
(D) CURRENT TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBERS
(E) SCAN COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT
(F) FULL NAME AND ADDRESS

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Dan Ubadia (F.E.C)

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT

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