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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: "Monitoring Unite" <monitoringunite06@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:45:32 +0100
Subject: VALUE ATTENTION SIR/MADAM.


Value Attention.


I resumed duty recently as policy harmonization chairman on public
debt a committee set up by West African Monitoring Institution (WAMI)
underthe able presidency . My office monitors and controls the affairs
of all banks and financial institutions here in Africa that is to tell
you that I am committed to upholding and defending the constitution
andlaws 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 interested in 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
datethat explains why you receive different kinds of untrue emails and
phone call from different people everyday.so, be inform that we have
concluded all the necessary arrangement towards the release of your
payment.



Base on the information we received from our paying office today, as the
truthfully beneficiary of this payment. you are responsible to pay $525
Two Hundred & fifty Dollar 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 the below info.


(a)Your name_______________
(b)Address___________________
(c)Telephone____________________
(d)Passport___________________________


To this so that we can advice you on how to send the money across to
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 $525 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.


Best regards,
General.Usman Dagbo

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