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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: Allen Bright <alnbright01@msn.com>
Reply-To: <allenbright1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:02:32 +0000
Subject: FROM: FOREIGN PAYMENT COMMITTEE



FROM: FOREIGN PAYMENT COMMITTEE
THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MONITORING UNIT
NOTTINGHAM,UK
AFRICAN PAYMENT CENTER


Attn:Beneficiary


Dear,


We write to notify you that we are financial monitoring organization based in United Kingdom.Due to out cry of foreign beneficiaries whose payment have been witheld in Africa and other parts of the world through Government Executed Contracts,Lotto Winning funds,Inherited funds,funds witheld by security companies,this organization was norminated by the United Nations to investigate all payment files and order for immediate release of beneficiary funds.


For the fact that most contracts are been executed in Africa,this organization was inaugurated to trap all fraudlent malpractices and to make sure that the real beneficiaries receive their payments without further delay.


We have gone through your file and we found out that you have suffered tremendous hardship and lost of money in the hands of certain people who claimed to assist and this caused you a lot of damages.In the course of this investigation,we discorvered all the delays and sufferings in your side which was as a result of derogratory remarks lodged in the basement of your file by the government and this hindered the fund not to get to your account .

Our annouyance was that Your partners or whoever have been working with you never told you the truth all along and you continue waisting time and money pursuing shadow.
It is so amazing that you pursue a particular payment for many years and each time,you spend money,a different problems arise.It looks funny.

We are here to end the journey and to make sure that the derogatory remarks lodged in your file will be erase and you receive your fund without any problem.


We also found out that even ATM CARD which which was allocated to every beneficiary have not been released to you which you will use to draw money from any ATM CARD MACHINES any where in the World,all this we are going to perfect to make you a happy person.


In order for we to work in your file,you are been mandated to send to us the following information as soon as possible:


1.FULL NAME/ADDRESS
2.AGE
3.OCCUPATION
4.DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBERS



As soon as we receive this information,we will proceed immediate to attend to your payment file and gear it up for your payment to be release.

For your information,we are paying every one that receives this letter a part payment of US$12MILLION of his payment.

You are warned to resist any form of communication with anybody in respect of this transaction till you receive your fund.

We thank you for your kind co-operation as we wait for your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

A.BRIGHT




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