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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: Gail Christiansen <chrisgm1946@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:54:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INT'L BANK DRAFT, WIRE TRANSFER OR CASH DELIVERY


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PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INT'L BANK DRAFT, WIRE TRANS=
FER OR CASH DELIVERY

Thursday, February 5, 2009 11:41 PM

>From DANKWAMBO .H.I Fri Feb 6 05:41:32 2009




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PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INT'L BANK DRAFT, WIRE TRANS=
FER OR CASH DELIVERY=20

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--- On Thu, 2/5/09, DANKWAMBO .H.I <info.optusb55@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

From: DANKWAMBO .H.I <info.optusb55@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INT'L BANK DRAFT, W=
IRE TRANSFER OR CASH DELIVERY
To:=20
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 11:41 PM

Attn: Beneficiary=20
=20
This is to inform you that the Presidency has stepped into the payment of y=
our
contract / inheritance fund. The instruction to this Board to authorize you=
r
payment was given by the President himself Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
following intelligence report on contract payment he received which reveale=
d
that the lower offices and department including some departments of (CBN) a=
re
engaging in the practice of payment delays through unnecessary use of
bureaucratic office processes and imposition of unauthorized fees. This apa=
rt
has been allegations that some officials of NNPC and CBN deliberately diver=
t
funds approved=20
with the name of a beneficiary to accounts that were not given by the known
contractor/ inheritance after the due processing and approval of such payme=
nt.=20

To avoid and curtail such, official misconduct and deliberate delay of fore=
ign
contractor?s payment under one flimsy reason or the other, the President of=
the
Country therefore mandated this office to raise contractor?s and inheritanc=
e
payment and ensure that such payments are received by the beneficiary withi=
n a
short period of five (5) days from the day of notice.=20

Based on the information contained in your payment files and records submit=
ted
to us from NNPC, CBN, and FMF your name was in the list of Category ?A?
beneficiaries whose payments have been verified and approved with the recor=
ds
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/inheritance fund direct =
from
the Federal Treasury. Other offices including CBN earlier handling your pay=
ment
has been advised to hand over to this office to avoid duplication of effort=
s,
though such offices hesitate to let you know of this new development.=20

This panel hereby uses this medium to congratulate you and heart fully than=
k
you for your patience and understanding during all this years of delays on =
your
fund. In respect of this, this office held a meeting with the representativ=
es of
concerned govt. bodies during which your contract file and other informatio=
n of
your payment were submitted. After going through your file a lot of officia=
l
irregularities, impending stop orders and complexities surrounding the paym=
ent
were discovered. This office and the concerned bodies unanimously decided a=
nd
approved that your payment will be raised in Certified International=20
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 b=
y
you, you will be required to present the draft at your bank for confirmatio=
n and
crediting of fund into your account. This will take 3-5 days of depositing =
of
draft in your bank. I will advice you to reconfirm your details to me so th=
at I
can verify that you are the genuine beneficiary of the sum.=20

NOTE: Should you want your payment via telegraphic wire transfer or cash
delivery, quickly get back to me to enable us proceed.

Further details concerning your payment will be given to you once you conta=
ct
the under signed on EMAIL: accdankwabohi@googlemail.com OR Phone: +234
7026762921.

Mr. Dankwabo H. I
(Accountant General of the Federation)
TEL: 011 2347026762921
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