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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: "james ubah" <james.ubah17@gala.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:47:32 +0100
Subject: urgent reply


* Attention Friend.

I resumed duty recently as policy harmonization chairman on public Debpt
committee set up by West African Monitoring Institution (WAMI) under the
able presidency . My office monitors and controls the affairs of all Bank
sand Financial institutions here in Africa that is to tell you that I am
committed to upholding and defending the constitution and laws of West
African Monitoring Institution as well as achieving a higher level of public
safety and security through the prosecution of criminals in the state.

The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate,verify and settle
all outstanding total pending payment owned and Records before me have
revealed that your payment has not been effected as a result of official
negligence as your fund has been identified either as Ghost File, Unclaimed
Deposits,and over-invoiced sum etc; this is due to many abnormalities had
happened in the institutions where some top official of the Apex Banks are
interestedin your payment and they collaborate with impostors who are
carrying a fake portfolios with levies, Misled and misguided about the
position of your fund and having the opportunity to extort money from you
that made it too longer up till date that explains why you receive different
kinds of untrueemails and phone call from different people everyday.

So, be inform that we have concluded all the necessary arrangement towards
the release of your payment. But due to the prevailing situation worldwide
on cash movement and transfer of huge sum of money, your payment has since
being deposited with our (OFF-SHORE PAYMENT CENTRE ) AFFILIATED TO WORLD
ASSOCIATIONS OF DEBPT ANAGEMENT OFFICES BANK OF AMERICA .

Base on the information we received from our paying office today, as the
truthfully beneficiary of this payment. You are responsible to pay $355US
DOLLARS for your NON IMMIGRANT TRANSIT TAX as the authorities demand which
we described as selective payment to enable the programming of the
information in the micro chip compartment which will comply with Bank of
America to effect the transfer of your fund exactly on the particular date
or period (24 hours) specified in the transfer script text for the fund to
be made available to you any way you wish to receive it.

Please reconfirm your First name and last name, Your current address and
telephone number to this Office as through this Below;
E-mail address:( **james.ubah1000@yahoo.com.my*<james.ubah1000@yahoo.com.my>
*),
The Contact man; Director JAMES UBAH.
Telephone number; 00229-93 15 98 49.*

*So that He can advice you on how to send the money across to our Officeto
enable us finalise this transfer this week . Your payment shall be made as
soon as this information needed from you is submitted through our Paying
Office by wire transfer or by a certify Bank Bond America Express Cheques
all the transfer charges will be deducted from your total sum as long as you
send the ( $355 ) for the programming of the information . The consequences
of not adhering to this warning would be yours. Considering the
circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any e-mail Telephone
calls that does not come from this office in regards to your payment this is
to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment, Accept our
congratulations in advance.

Remenber to contact us on our private e-mails as we stated here ;( **
james.ubah1000@yahoo.com.my* <james.ubah1000@yahoo.com.my>*)*

* Best regards,
Director Gen james Ubah



*

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