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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:12:11 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear_Beneficiary?=


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND UNITED NATION EMISSARY
(CONTRACT/INHERIT'NCE PAYMENT BUREAU)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, LIAISON UNIT
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS – NIGERIA.
TELEPHONE +234 8074049561

RE: CONCESSIONAL PART PAYMENT OF YOUR OVERDUE FUND.


Dear Beneficiary,

Consequent to the reports and clamoring made to the IMF and United Nations by some Foreigners, to impose a sanction and close credit links to the Federal Government of Nigeria and some of the West African Countries,as a result of the non-payment of their executed contracts and inherited funds respectively, in consonant with the incessant nefarious activities of some corrupt Directors in their Governmental Ministries and the some Banks in Nigeria who engages themselves in the illicit act of extorting
illegitimate fees from foreigners for their personal enrichment without transferring the said approved fund to their beneficiaries.

It is in view of this ugly development that the New Secretary General of the United Nation, and the World Bank Delegates after a bilateral crucial meeting held on 11th of March 2008 with the newly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, West African monetary Agency officials {WAMA},Foreign payment examination unit of the Federal ministry of Finance, Religious leaders and Human Right Renaissance Legion unanimously set up the United Nation Emissary to study, verify and audit all the affected foreign Payment file.

Therefore, please be informed that during our routine scrutiny and verification of your entire official papers of claim as contained in your approved payment file, it was clear and evident that you are the bonafide beneficiary of this approved over due fund.

But much to my astonishment, we just received an application for change of your former bank account through several persons who claimed to be acting on your mandate. They have submitted the under-mentioned new bank data as your new receiving bank account: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK – NEW YORK U.S.A -
ACCOUNT #. 01-87491-007 - ACCOUNT NAME: ELMER DONALD.

However, this application remains invalid because computer archive and legal documents reveal that you are the sole signatory and legitimate beneficiary of this approved fund. So please confirm to me if you mandated persons to do so, to avoid wrong payment to ghost beneficiary.

Note that the Federal Government of Nigeria has earmarked the sum of five billion United States Dollars for the payment of all the affected foreigners. Therefore please be informed that we have approved a Part/Concession Payment of $450,000 { Four hundred and fifty thousand u.s dollars,only,to be effected via the new {INTERNATIONAL ATM CARD PAYMENT METHOD} Which allow you to withdraw not more than $4,000 everyday. This gesture from the United nations and Nigerian government,is to help foreigners who were scammed by the unscrupulous and corrupts staffs who were extorting illegitimate fees from beneficiaries of fund,to REFINANCE themselves to be able to pay any government statutory fees that is withholding their payment.

You are therefore advised to contact me immediately, at central bank of Nigeria Lagos Liaison unit , for your the shipment modalities of your already made ATM CARD worth $450,000.00 to your designated address in your country.

Finally we are sorry for all the inconveniences you might have suffered in the hands of the just retired officials in Nigerian Government parastatals.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

MR. POPOOLA ROME { ATM ISSUANCE DIRECTOR.}
TELEPHONE +234 8074049561


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