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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: paymentoffice01@mail.md
Date: 17 Nov 2008 17:10:51 -0000
Subject: The Resolution Panel


The Resolution Panel
Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance
Aso Rock Villa – FCT, Abuja
paymentoffice01@mail.md
remittance@paymentoffice01.net.tf

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your file and found
out why you have not received your overdue payment.

This occasioned is due to the fact that you have not fulfilled the due
obligations given to you in respect to your payment.Secondly, we have
information that you are still dealing with some greedy officials here in
an attempt to secure the release of your fund.

We wish to formally advise you that such an illegal act have to stop - if
you wish to receive your payment since a solution to your problem has been
deliberated upon by the committee. We have arranged your payment to be
made through our swift payment center - FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Regional office - this is the latest instruction from the presidency in
conjunction with the FBI.

We received an e-mail from a Lady called (Mrs. Victoria Walker) stated
that she is your younger sister, she told our office that you have given
her permission to claim your fund value of USD1,600,000,00 Dollars as part
payment of your total sum, We would like to know and to confirm if you are
the one that gave her the power of claim, if yes, kindly provide a letter
of claim from a chief judge or from a reputable attorney in your country
before we can release your fund to her, if no? you are to quickly inform
this office to avoid wrongful delivery. this fund was program due to the
Senate Contract/Inheritance claim fund Committee on resolution to pay all
Foreign fund still in our custody.

The swift payment center of the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE NIGERIA has
made an arrangment on how your total amount of $1,600,000:00[ONE MILLION
SIX Hundred Thousand US Dollars] will be Delivered you via Diplomatic
Delivery or through BAnk transfer,Kindly notify this office ASAP if you
will like to receive your fund through any of this arrangement designed by
the committee.

Your fund as been kept in a reputable security company here in Nigeria
during our investigation on the cause of the delay of in geting your fund.

If affirmative, you are advised to reconfirm and send the following
information to the coordinator:

1. Full Names:
2. Residence address :
3. Telephone/Fax number:
4. Age:

The contact information of the Pay Master General Office is as follows:
Mr. Johnson Arowolo
Email: paymentoffice01@mail.md
: remittance@paymentoffice01.net.tf

The foreign payment center of the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE NIGERIA has
been mandated to issue out your $1,600,000:00[ONE MILLION SIX Hundred
Thousand Dollars] payment as soon as posible.It will be in your best
interest to stop all further communication with any other person(s) or
office(s) to avoid any bottleneck or hitches in receiving your payment.

Note: Due to activities of impostors, we hereby issue you our 'Transaction
Code' WDSC234 NG. Bear in mind that you will be required to indicate this
code [WDSC234 NG] in any/all correspondence with this office Payment
Center by using it as your subject line for prompt attention to your
application.

This e-mail contains confidential information intended only for the address
(s). Information in or attached to it may be privileged, confidential or
protected by law. If you are not the addressee (or a person responsible
for delivering this transmission to the addressee) you are strictly
prohibited from reading, copying, disseminating or distributing it. If you
have received this e-mail in error please delete it and any attachments
from your system and destroy any print outs you may have made.

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Note:
All reply should be forwarded to the pay master office, you are hereby
advised to contact the Pay Master General Office via the below email

address:
Contact: Mr. Johnson Arowolo
Email: paymentoffice01@mail.md
: remittance@paymentoffice01.net.tf
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Best regards,
Senator Molola Bankole
Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance
Aso Rock Villa – FCT, Abuja


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