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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: "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA" <hsenate@excite.com>
Reply-To: james_bada1@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PAYMENT APPROVAL




OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIACOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT (RESOLUTION PANEL ON FOREIGN DEBTS AND CONTRACT PAYMENT)THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ASO ROCKABUJA, NIGERIA Ref: FGN/TDX/ECD/AD/8974/MT-960/007 ATTN: Beneficiary , We, the entire Members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , Prof Charles Soludo held a meeting last week concerning payment , both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated , so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment. Your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 ,
Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013 ,Having received these vital payment number , therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria immediately within 24hrs .Now you are directed to contact the Office of the head telex Department FIDELITY BANK PLC immediately so that he will pay you and fax you the payment Copy Slip and also you should reconfirm your banking Details , this is to avoid mistake while transferring your overdue payment to you today .Contact Person: James Bada , Email: james_bada1@yahoo.frDirect Open mobile line: 234-80-5492-4174, Contact him now and inform him that you received an email from The Federal House of Senate Federal Republic of Nigeria , Instructing you to call him for immediate release of yor fund and forward your Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake NOTE : We
have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call , if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating , I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately .Best RegardsDR. KENNETH NNAMANI Dr Uffort EkaetteSENATE PRESIDENT Secretary of the federation (Federal Republic of Nigeria

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