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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: "Robert Mamuzi"<robert_mu2@myway.com>
Reply-To: robert_mu2006@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:25:18 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Notification


FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS TINUBU SQUARE, MARINA LAGOS NIGERIA. Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CGX/NNPC/021/05 ATTN: contractors, During the Third Quarter Payment Shedule of the financial records of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) it was discovered from the records of outstanding Foreign contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria on 13th FEB. 2007 that your name is next on the list of Those who will receive their fund. I wish to officially notify you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also once we receive the information's from you for the President of Federal Government of Nigeria will Approve it to enable us release the fund to your account. Note that from the record in our file, your outstanding contract payment is US D$9.000,000.00(Nine Million United States Dollars). Kindly re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your
Record and also re-confirm the information below to enable this office Proceed and finalize your fund remittance without furtherdelays. 1) Your full name. 2) Phone, fax and mobile #. 3) Company name, position and address. 4) Profession, age and marital status. As soon as the above information are received, your payment will be Made available to you via an international certified bank draft, which Will be delivered to your doorstep for your confirmation or through Bank transfer. You should Email as soon as you receive this letter for your payment approval and also for further Discussion and more clarification. YOURS SINCERELY, Robert Mamuzi Dep. Governor CBN Disclaimer:This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for this contractor named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail fro!
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