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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: malik dosomuh <malikdosomuh@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: malikdosomu@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:10:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: confirm/recive the payment



CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, Lagos Island
TELEX DEPARTMENT
FROM THE OF: MALIK DOSOMU

Attn: Beneficiary,
RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT/ INHERITANCE FUND
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, Lagos Island
TELEX DEPARTMENT
FROM THE OF: DR MAILK DOSOMU



Attn: Beneficiary,

RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT/ INHERITANCE FUND

Following the directives received from the Office of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, as a result of petitions and counter petitions by foreign contractors over non-payment of their contract claims, this office has been appointed to look into all overdue contract payments yet to be released for verification, vetting and immediate payment. Your name is among the list of beneficiaries released for verification and immediate payment. Be informed that there are different accounts submitted for your payment by your local representatives Engr. Williams Okon to the KTT Director, Central Bank of Nigeria . We do not know into which account to effect your payment. Please, you are hereby required to verify the following immediately: -

1. Did you assign your debt to one Mr. Richard Smith of USA, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?
Did you sign any “Deed of Assignment” in his favor, thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details? Bank of America, Address, Nv1-149-01-01,6900 Westcliffe drive,1st floor, Las Vagas, Navada 89145, Routing No:: 1 2 2 4 8 0 7 2 4, A/c No: 0 03497 0 5 8 6 5 7 3, A/c Name: Richard Smith Incorporation.
2. You are required as a matter of urgency to confirm the legitimacy of the above claim and kindly give us reason why you decided to affect the above Change of Account. If you are not aware of this claim, please confirm to us through the above stated E-mail address immediately by stating your authentic Account details, Contract Number and Contract Amount for proper credit of your funds as we have here in your file Also you required to forward to us vital documents authenticating your claim? Due to the long delay this payment has suffered, be rest assured that immediately these payment irregularities are cleared, you would receive your fund remittance analysis for clearance of funds into your account. Note that we are bound to recognize Mr. Richard Smith’s claim, if you fail to promptly response to this inquiry following the Deed of Assignment he submitted to claim this payment. Please you make sure you get back to me as soon as possible so that the necessary Action
will be taking immediately.

Yours faithfully,

DR MALIK DOSOMU
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
TELEX DEPARTMENT
BANKING POLICY AND PAYMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
REPLY TO:malikdosomu@hotmail.com




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