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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DR. GREG ADAMU"<gregadamu43@myway.com>
Reply-To: cbn_greg@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:56:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Your payment Update




OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONINTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITHTHE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES TORECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR. PRESIDENT, ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR' ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. AND EFCC NIGERIA. AS WELL THE INTERPOL AND FBI.THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND TO YOU AN ATM CARD
WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTERAND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:1. YOUR FULL NAME2. PHONEAND FAX NUMBER3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION5. ATTACH COPY OF YOURIDENTIFICATIONKINDLY CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT(CBN) BELOW:Name:DR.Zakari A. GandiEmail:atmunit_zak@yahoo.co.ukTHE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT$6,000,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2006. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER OMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) I CAN BE REACHED OR EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME. ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF
IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-Y2K7) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.KIND REGARDS,DR GREG ADAMU,CHIEF AUDITOR,INTERNATIONAL,CREDIT SETTLEMENT,ENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

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