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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: "MAJ GEN A.A ADELE" <majgenaaadelee01@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: majgenaa_adele@yahoo.se
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:07:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM: THE OFFICE OF MAJ. GEN. A.A ADELE


FROM: THE OFFICE OF MAJ. GEN. A.A ADELE


Attention: Hon Contractor / The CEO,
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Attention has been brought to us in form of a petition as regards the contracts, which were completed, and awaiting payment.

Firstly, let me inundate you with the fact that based on the petition forwarded to the Senate Committee on Foreign Financial Matters, which the copy of the petition was forwarded to the office of the Executive President, Federal Republic Of Nigeria (FRN). I wish to intimate you, that it was discovered in the petition that the Central Bank of
Nigeria and the Federal Ministry Of Finance (F.M.F) headed by Professor Charles Soludo and Dr Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla respectively has, with reasons embedded with greed exerted pressure on Departmental Heads in
the Ministry to frustrate foreign contractors deliberately without releasing the approved contract payments to the beneficiary.

It was also discovered in the same petition that the above mention banking and financial ministry is using their honorable office to intimidate, most especially the foreign contractors/ foreign
investors, in order to exhort money from them for their selfish interest. Following this development, I and other members of the committee visited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
and Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) to eradicate this ugly trend in the Ministry.

At may interest you to know that your name was found among the beneficiaries of foreign contractors whose payment have been duly approved years back and your payment is still lying pending due the bureaucratic and nonchalant attitude of the officials in
authority.

As regard to this finding, this Honorable Committee therefore, notified the Office of the Executive President Federal Republic of Nigeria of the dubious attitude of the Banking and Finance Ministry, so that necessary actions should be urgently geared towards releasing all overdue and outstanding contract payments to the bonifide contractors or their beneficiaries. Consequently,, all contractors files
have been withdrawn from the Federal Ministry of Finance and Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN), and forwarded to the Nurat Finance Inc.
House for urgent remittance of fund into contractors various bank account.

Meanwhile, concerned contractors are advised to acknowledge this message and get back to us for more details in respect of her/his/their overdue contract payment. Contractors are also advised to stop further
correspondences and transactions with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF). Because some of them who are bent on frustrating the foreign contractors payments will
continue to jeopardize your chances of receiving your payments.


Endeavor to update this committee upon the receipt of your claims for record purpose.

I will be anxiously waiting for your speedy response.

Yours Truly,
Major Gen. A.A ADELE
Chairman Payment Release/Debt Settlement Committee.



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