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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: "Tony Hogman"<drtonyhogman@myway.com>
Reply-To: drtonyhogman@cooltoad.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:58:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: PAYMENT NOTICATION


From The Office Of (Foreign Operations.)Central Bank of NigeriaTel: 234 1 7211730Email: centralbankng@cooltoad.comAttn: The Beneficiary, We hereby confirm receipt of part payment of S$8,500,000.00 dollars only, into our official ESCROW account with the Central Bank of Nigeria by order of The World Bank, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces (Chief General Olusegun Obasanjo) incharge of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Iheritance payments in Africa, as indicated in our database which we have perkage in one truck box waiting to be deliverd through diplomatic means to your door step.As soon as we hear from you we will scan the picture of the fund and send to you for your viewApparently the Federal Government of Nigeria recently, due to the high incidence of fraud within the government circle, drew up a debt management agreement with a Security company in Europ to vent and deliver all foreign debts own by th!
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government. This new development has created a lot of confusion at the debt management office in Abuja Kindly provide us with the below information by Email:(worldwidecbnn@cooltoad.com or centralbankng@cooltoad.com) to reconfirm your details in our database for immediate remittance into your designated account; Beneficiary Name:...........................................................................Address:.......................................................................................Tel:.............................................Fax:.........................................Receiving :..............................................................................Address:........................................................................................Bank Routing Number:............................ Swift Code:.......................Account Number:............................................................................. We sincerely apologize for the
delays and advice you to STOP any further communication with your associate in any of the African countries for they contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds. Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our international remittance unit, for immediate transfer of your allocation into your designated account upon receipt and official re-confirmation of your information in our database. Fund will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice. Yours in service, Dr TONY HOGMANDIRECTOR GENERALDATA AND LOGISTICS DEPARTMENTCENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIAPAYMENT NOTICATION

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