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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: "Mr. Kofi Annan."<info@paymentoffice.com>
Reply-To: <frankfeldbruegge@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:30:10 -0500
Subject: GUARANTE TRUST BANK PLC COMPENSATION UNIT,

GUARANTE TRUST BANK PLC COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.
Send a copy of your response to official
Email: info@paymentoffice.com

Contact Rev. Frank Feldbruegge (SAN)

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$850.000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)This includes every foriegn contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact :-

NAME: Rev.Frank Feldbruegge (SAN)
EMAIL: frankfeldbruegge@sbcglobal.net
TELEPHONE: +234-708-304-5364

As he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of US$850.000.00(EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS This funds are in a ATM CARD for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any ATM CASH POINT of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM CARD to you.
Good luck and kind regards,


Mr. Kofi Annan.

Former Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
Making the world a better place

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