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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: Edmond James <ej59047@gmail.com>
Reply-To: edmondjames1@windowslive.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:56:13 +0100
Subject: Important Wire Notification


Your kind Attention,

The Central Bank has received an irrevocable wire transfer payment Order
from the Presidency to wire your fund.

Your transfer only requires re-programming from the present status to enable
it conform with your new Payment wire transfer code number KTT-014723235203,
as the details in your file was formerly programmed in error, your payment
is in category (B) payment status (beneficiary) and not on category (A)
payment status. Your fund was subleased to you as a second class beneficiary
and not a first class beneficiary, the details available in your file
contradicts and this has been the major set back why you haven't receive
your payment even when you have paid so much.

Note, the staffs handling your payment file previously was not able to
detect this error; and every attempt to transfer your fund proved
unsuccessful. Barely three weeks I took over the post of the new Director,
Credit & Wire Control Dept. of the Central Bank and As a computer scientist
I really took my time to thoroughly studied the problems behind all unpaid
payments which was satisfactorily approved for wire transfer. I discovered
that the error on your payment program's was caused by what I titled as
"interest groups". A lot of people are interested in your payment and those
people are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why you keep
receiving phone calls and email messages on daily basis from different
offices and individuals without any positive results. The amount of
USD$12,850,000.00 has been PROGRAMMED IN YOUR NAME BUT WAS NOT RELEASED TO
YOU EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE COMMITTED SO MUCH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED
ERROR YOU COULD NOT RECEIVE YOUR MONEY. I have honestly tell you nothing but
the truth of this matter, notwithstanding, you may equally chose to
categorize me like others who made promises but could not deliver. I have
already started working on the process of re-programming your transfer
payment status from category (A) to category (B) which is the rightful
status of your payment.

I will successfully achieve the transferring of your fund in a shortest time
from now if only you will offer your maximum cooperation to this effect. I
have personally decided to help you believing that you will in turn
appreciates my efforts in helping you out, therefore, your consent to this
arrangement is practically important to enable a successful and easy wire
transferring of your fund into your account. Kindly send your personal
receiving Bank account as quickly as possible. You should as well provide a
telephone contact numbers where I can easily communicate directly to you.
This is very important and urgent. I am not asking you to pay me money,
nevertheless, all mandatory charges will be taken care of, I am using my
position to effect this transfer and I have no interest in your personal
money.

Do revert back to me as quickly as possible.

Respectfully!

Edmond James
DIRECTOR, (CREDIT & WIRE CONTROL DEPT).
TEL: +233-265 010353
E-Mail: edmondjames2@windowslive.com

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