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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: "FDF.Secretary Mrs. Abidal" <fdf.executiveoffice_01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:25:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contact Intercontinental Bank Plc ( transfer@intercontinentalbank-plc.org )




THE FONDATION DE FRANCE (FDF).
16 Rue Lanterne,
Lyon 69001,
France. Qualification number: FDF-444-6647-9163
Donation pin number 21556770665477

Dear Donation Recipient


This letter acknowledges the receipt of your requested datas. Congratulations once again on behalf of the Foundation De France Promotion, we hope that your winnings will be put into good use for community, educational or business development. On Behalf of the Screening Committee of Foundation De France Promotion, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the E-mail Screening and Verification Matching Test conducted for all online winners in your Category, hence you are therefore cleared.

You should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of this year's lucky donation recipient. You have been selected amongst the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$1,350,000.00 (One million, Three hundred and Fifty thousand United States dollars) as donations aid from the Foundation De France, ECOWAS, EU and the UN in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Your email address was selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites or a shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from.
I have forwarded the produced data, to the head office of the Foundation De France (FRANCE) and the ECOWAS head office (Organisation assigned to handle your payment) in NIGERIA .

The Foundation De France has discovered a huge number of double claims due to beneficiaries informing close friends relatives, attorneys and third parties about their donations. As a result of this, this close friends relatives, attorneys and third parties try to claim the prize on behalf of the real recipients. The Foundation De France has lost millions of dollars to this fraudulent people, and have reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Foundation De France, will result to the cancellation of that particular donation, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real beneficiary, as it is taken that the real recipient was the informer to the double claimer about the donation. So you are hereby advised once more to keep your information strictly confidential until your claim has been fully recovered.

Included in this letter is your donation pin number to be used when claiming your donation. Your donation pin number is "21556770665477". This number should be kept strictly confidential by you, as you will use it in receiving your donation.

Transferring of funds from our Affiliated bank in Nigeria The Intercontinental Bank Plc is very swift.

You are now priviledged to have your winning security pin code "21556770665477" which you will send to the bank as proof of recomendation from the Foundation De France Promotion. Do note that it is very important that your pin code should be kept confidential to avoid double contact for claims which might result to disqualification of your winnings.

You are to immediately contact our private bank the Intercontinental Bank with the below informations.


Bank Name: Intercontinental Bank Plc
Bank E-mail: transfer@intercontinentalbank-plc.org
Banl Tel: +234-802-760-2337
Contact Person: Fred Peterson

Send the following information along with your mail to the Intercontinental Bank Account Department:

Full Name:.............................................................
Title:......................................................................
Address:..............................................................
Country:...............................................................
Sex:.......................................................................
Age:......................................................................
Next Of Kin:.........................................................
Occupation:..........................................................
Total Annual Income:.........................................
Your Local Bank Name And Address:.............
Amount Won From Our Promotion:..................
Tel:.........................................................................

Its is imperative that you use your security pin code {21556770665477} as the subject of any correspondence with the bank to ensure they respond in a timely manner. I will require a concise update on proceedings with the bank as soon as you are in contact with them.

Warm Regards
Signed.
Mrs. Julian Abidal.
Executive Secretary,
Fondation De France.
Copyright 1994-2007 © The Foundation de France Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines


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