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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: "mr.dan kwambo" <mr.dan.kwambo.52@me.by>
Reply-To: mr.dan.kwambo.1@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:18:22 -0700
Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE/CONTRACT PAYMENT


YOUR IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE/CONTRACT PAYMENT

RE: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT

This is to inform you that the Presidency has stepped into the payment of
your contract / inheritance fund. The instruction to this Board to
authorized your payment was given by the President himself Alhirji Umaru
Musa Yar'Adua following intelligence report on contract payment he received
which revealed that the lower offices and department including some
departments of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are engaging in the practice of
payment delays through unnecessary use of bureaucratic office processes and
imposition of unauthorized fees. This apart has been allegations that some
officials of NNPC and CBN deliberately divert funds approved with the name
of a beneficiary to accounts that were not given by the known contractor
after the due processing and approval of such payment.


To avoid and curtail such, official misconduct and deliberate delay of
foreign contractors' payment under one flimsy reason or the other, the
President of the Country therefore mandated this office to raise
contractors' payment and ensure that such payments are received by the
contractor within a short period of five (5) days from the day of notice.
Based on the information contained in your contract files and records
submitted to us from NNPC, CBN, and FMF your name was in the list of
Category A contractors whose payments have been verified and approved with
the records indicating that your payment has long been over due. The
directive from the President based on all these findings is that this office
should make immediately uninterrupted payment of your contract fund direct
from the Federal Treasury. Other offices including CBN earlier handling your
payment has been advised to hand over to this office to avoid duplication of
efforts, though such offices hesitate to let you know of this new
development.


In respect of this, this office held a meeting with the representatives of
concerned government bodies during which your contract file and other
information of your payment were submitted. After going through your file a
lot of official irregularities, impending stop orders and complexities
surrounding the payment were discovered. This office and the concerned
bodies unanimously decided and approved that your contract payment will be
raised in Certified International Bank Draft. The draft will be raised
either in your name or in the name of your Company as the beneficiary. As
soon as the draft is raised and signed off by you, you will be required to
present the draft at your bank for confirmation and crediting of fund into
your account. This will take 3-5 days of depositing of draft in your bank.

Finally, I have tried reaching you by telephone but unsuccessful, I will
advise you to call me or send me a fax in regards to this, so that I will
intimate you more in regards to your contract payment. Reconfirm your
details to me so that I can verify that you are the genuine beneficiary of
the sum. Further details concerning your payment will be given to you once
you contact the under signed on
EMAIL:mr.dan.kwambo.1@hotmail.com<EMAIL%3Amr.dan.kwambo.1@hotmail.com>,TEL;+234-806-702-2589

. This panel hereby uses this medium to congratulate you and heart fully
thank you for your patience and understanding during all this years of
delays on your contract fund.

Best regards,


Mr. Dan Kwambo

Accountant General Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria

TEL:+234-806-702-2589

E-MAIL:mr.dan.kwambo.1@hotmail.com <E-MAIL%3Amr.dan.kwambo.1@hotmail.com>

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