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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: "Adams James" <adams_j22@ig.com.br>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:23:45 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT


*Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you that your case was presented to us and was deliberated
upon Last Monday during the on going National Economic Summit of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria in the presence of the president, Federal Republic Of
Nigeria, Alhaji Musa Yar'adua, GCFR, the Honorable Minister of Finance, Dr.
Shamsudeen Usman, The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo
and other key economic policy matters.

It was discovered to the dismay of all participants that your payment has
been unnecessarily delayed despite been cleared by the authorized Financial
regulatory bodies and It was also discovered that some unscrupulous
individuals aiming to frustrating all your efforts have removed some vital
documents from your payment file.

However, a 7-man harmonization, normalization, notarization, computerization
and re-documentation committee has been set up to finally perfect all the
necessary documentation to that effect and they have concluded their job.
Everything is ready to go.

After much strict scrutiny on your file, we discovered that some top
government officials in Nigeria especially in banks are working against your
interest in this case.To forestall any further atrocious act against you, we
have decided to go into a pact with reputable Banks in USA to settle your
payment.

You are to contact me immediately for the setting up of your accredited
payment access code number, password and allocation of foreign exchange for
your Payment through the nominated bank.*

*Contact me via My privte E-mail:
**james_adams22@hotmail.fr*<james_adams22@hotmail.fr>
*
Best regards
Dr. Adams James
Foreign operations
Federal Ministry of Finance.
Federal Republic of Nigeria*

**

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