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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: "Jeremiah Efiong" <jefiong1@gala.net>
Reply-To: jeremiahefiong@sify.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:07:44 +0100
Subject: Reply


Dear Sir,



Your attorney representative here in Nigeria (Barr. Ayodeji Mogaji) first
gave your name for the receipt part payment sum of Twenty Seven Million
United States Dollars (US$27,000,000.00) that has been approved by this
Ministry.



We advice that he should make proper application and submit copy of
documentation that will prove you to be the rightful beneficiary to the fund
before we can approve and instruct immediate issuing of certified bank draft
in your name.



Your attorney brought several documents to this office, proving that the
first beneficiary of the fund, Late Engineer C B Agrawal of 1728 Pulliam
Street, San - Angelo, Texas, USA authorized you to claim his remaining
balance contract payment sum that is pending with the Federal Government of
Nigeria through Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with Contract No.
NNPC/FGN/X92/WA/PH/1999, Contract Amount: Two Hundred and Seventy Million
United States Dollars (US$270,000,000.00) and Contract File Ref: 0563.



We are surprised to receive a letter yesterday from your attorney
representative, instructing for change of your name to another person. He is
claiming that you have sudden illness, which makes you not to work or speak
since few days now. Therefore, he is asking that the fund should go to your
cousin instead of you again because of the payment approval period.



According to rules and guidelines of this Ministry, we need formal
confirmation from you in writing before we can accept to change your name to
your cousin as submitted by your attorney representative. I therefore
request that you should formally give this office straightaway approval to
comments changing of your name to your cousin's name as submitted by your
attorney. Bearing in mind that he will becomes the rightful beneficiary of
the fund and will receive the fund on your behalf as soon as this office
receive writing change of Fund Ownership from you.



Sincerely,



Dr. Jeremiah Efiong

Director of Payment

Federal Ministry of Finance

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