419 scam: "DR IBRAHIM DANKWABO"<auditor_general_ngr2005@yahoo.co.jp> FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ON YOUR APPROVED FUND?

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "DR IBRAHIM DANKWABO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <auditor_general_ngr2009@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:25:24 -0700
Subject: FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ON YOUR APPROVED FUND?

Dr Ibrahim Dankwabo
Auditor General.

Attn:Beneficiary

We acknowledge the reciept of your mail.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your paymentt file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your payment.

Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.
After the board meeting held at today, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT, which is the instruction given by our president, Alahji Musa Yaradua(GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We will load an ATM Card and hand it over to Mailing Department for onward delivery to your mailing address, which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($10,000.00) Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. So, if you like to receive your fund this way,.You will have to reconfirm these information to this office for the immediate delivery of your fund to your mailing
address.

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD.
(3) Phone number to inform you on the delivery time and date.

Reply Urgent.

Yours Faithfully

Dr Ibrahim Dankwabo
Auditor General of the Federation.

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