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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: "Ibrahim dankwabo" <auditornig015@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: auditorgeneral002@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:08:24 -0800
Subject: Att:Beneficiary/Contractor

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN CONJUCTION WITH
ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA.
PRESIDENTIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEE ON CONTRACT
PAYMENT ABUJA.
Website:http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/
Ref:CBN/OHG/00X09/2006.

FROM DESK OF : Auditor General of the Federation
On behalf : PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA (GCFR).

Att:Beneficiary/Contractor

STOP ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENCY:

This is to bring to your notice about the due process of your
outstanding
contractual payment which was suspended by the Central Bank of Nigeria
there
by stopping the telex unit to pause the transfer of your contract fund
to
your nominated bank account.
As a result of this development verification conducted by the Finance
Ministry inconjunction with the Debt Verification Panel on your
contract
case file has been endorsed for payment awaiting your confirmations.In
view
of several efforts already made by us to contact you for the following
reasons based on the new account submitted to this office on your
behalf:
(1) My Office desks have just received a sworn affidavit from to
re-route
your payment into a new bank account number asstated :VACAP Federal
Credit
Union, 1700 Robin Hood Road, Richmond, VA 23220.Account number 32501.of
Mr.RAINER HESSE. The sum of US$15.6M (FifteenMillion,Six Hundred United
States Dollars Only) (2) Please, confirm to our department if you have
instructed Mr. RAINER HESSE to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf
thereby asking that he receive cash call remittance on your behalf.

(3) It have come to our notice that you are being contacted by
unauthorized
individuals with respect to your contract payment but unfortunately
this
office is not aware of your unofficial dealings and warned that it is
at
your own risk.

(4) Please, also confirm if you have authorized Mr. RAINER HESSE to
change
your banking particulars to the following particulars stated below:
VACAP
Federal Credit Union, 1700 Robin Hood Road, Richmond, VA 23220. Account
number 3250163 Also
re-confirm your Contract Number, Contract Amount, Private Telephone and
Fax
number,your e-mail address, Office or home address so that we can
cross-check it with our file records.
We have decided to contact you for re-verification because we suspected
that
Mr. RAINER HESSE is trying to divert your money through the sworn
affidavit
into a new different bank account.You are advised to call the Chairman
Debt
Verification Panel upon the receipt of this mail.

Please call me as soon as you recieve the mail for more concrete
discussion
regards to this issue of your payment.

Treat as urgent

Yours faithfully,

Ibrahim Dankwabo,
Auditor General
Auditor General of the Federation On behalf :

PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (GCFR) Warning:
This communiqu is from the PRESIDENTIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEE ON CONTRACT
PAYMENT
upon the advice of the Presidential adviser on Contract are advised to
adhere strictly to directive. Any fund beneficiary who ignores
instruction
will be doing so at his own risk and should not blame the Federal
Government
Of Nigeria for non-payment of their contract
funds.Website:http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/



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