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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: "Peter Williams" <unofiu2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peter_williams12@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:07:57 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT FOREX INDEX IDENTIFICATION

Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,
 
The New-Year Bank in consonant with the Federal Republic of Nigeria has issued a Payment Transmittal Advice to the Nigerian Correspondent Bank Clearing House who will signal your bank for the arrival of your contract fund on foreign currency transfer system. This Advice contains helpful advice on how to guide your contract fund as directed and issued by the Foreign Payment Screening Board under Dr.Umaru Yakubu through the Office of the Debt Reconcilliation Committee under Dr.Adams Williams..
 
The Nigeria Forex Index strongly advises all prospective clients to view this Advice because in less than 2 days from now your  fund will reflect in your bank account as stated in the Payment Withdrawal Slip meant to be sent to you by DHL at exactly 4.00pm this afternoon through the Paying Ministry which is the Oil Consolidated Account.
 
Fundamental analysis comprises the examination of macroeconomic indicators, asset markets and political considerations when evaluating a nation’s currency in terms of another. Macroeconomic indicators include figures such as financial growth rates; as measured by Gross Domestic Financial Advice, interest rates, inflation, unemployment, money supply, foreign exchange reserves and productivity.This transfered contract fund belonging to you though affected the Nigerian Economy based on the  impact and on the level of confidence in a nation’s government, the climate of stability and level of certainty but the Nigerian Federation has to bear it as it is a fund generated as Contractual based on our detailed and protracted verification.
 
The two primary approaches of analyzing currency transfers are fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamentals focus on financial and economic theories, as well as political developments to determine forces of foreign payment transfers in Nigeria now that your total contract fund will be transfered into your Bank Account through the Oil Consolidated Account enroute the Correspondent Clearing House before hitting finally at your Bank in America which is the final destination of the Your total fund belonging to you .Technicals look at transfer and volume data of the Your Fund to determine and the outcome was that they are expected to continue into the future.
 
So for that the Payment Withdrawal Slip Quantitative Analysis which costs the FOREX INDEX of it is $80USD for statistical financial analysis to help assess the extent of an overbought/oversold currency,Chartism which uses lines and figures to identify recognizable trends and patterns in the formation of currency rates. One clear point of distinction between fundamentals and technicals is that fundamental analysis studies the causes of market movements, while technical analysis studies the effects of market movements.
 
The Nigeria Forex Index office hereby wishes you the best over your fund release.The  Payment Withdrawal Slip Quantitative Analysis FOREX INDEX payment of $80USD should be send in  today through MONEYGRAM or WESTERN UNION as to quicking the preferred notice to.
 
NAME: IYKE ONWUKWE 
     LAGOS NIGERIA .
 
TEXT QUESTION: WHAT FOR
ANSWER: FOREX

Our aim and objective is to see that everything went okay and genuine as we have cross-examined the payment process with the Debt Reconcilliation Committee Office including the Foreign Payment Screening Board and the result and outcome of our detailed investigation was 100 % genuine.
 
Thank you,

PETER WILLIAMS
Director Currency and Exchange Operation,
Federal Republic of Nigeria

 


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