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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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Fraud email example:

From: "nelsonedward@nelsonedward.com" <nelsonedward111@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:59:45 +0000
Subject: Hoping that the above explanation suffices.


FIRST INLANDBANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
A/C#: 32960612449g8
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
FIRST INLANDBANK NIGERIA
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/09
Telephone Number 234-8087-954-438

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

Attn Honorable Contractor


We have received a payment credit instruction from the federal Government of
Nigeria to credit your account with your full contract funds from the
Nigerian reserve account with our bank.

This is to notify you that you funds has been programmed for immediate
release into your nominated account but we can not transfer this funds
direct to your nominated bank account, because we are having a little
problem with International Monetary Fund (IMF) so our method of payment is
Detamine by you.

As I did and explain, the fund that i want to transfer
to your account is the excess of the profit made here in my branch during
last year. It might interest you to know that I have already submitted an
approval financial report for the year 2008 and my head office in Lagos and
the entire FIRST INLAND BANK will never know of this excess and truly
speaking this
transaction is going to cost both of us $1800 dollars to concluded it as i
know.

This business can be concluded with 8 working days if only we have good
coordination and communication. The transfer is bank-to- bank and should be
made to your chosen foreign account from my head office in Lagos, the
modalities I have mapped out to actualize the transfer involves the
following steps.

1. I will program your full name and address on the entire database of the
FIRST INLANDBANK as the depositor and the beneficiary of the fund.

2. I shall issue a backdated deposit slip of the fund to your name

3. I shall provide you with a draft of an application for the transfer that
you are going to forward to my hard office in Lagos as all international
transfer are carried out from there.

4. I shall provide memorandum of understanding between you and my self
which both of us will endorse so as to make this business legitimate

Please below are the infomation needed.

YOUR NAME IN FULL...................................

YOUR ADDRESS IN FULL NOT
P.O.BOX..............................................

YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND MOBIL IF ANY FOR URGENT
COMMUNICATION.......................................

FAX NUMBER....................................

PASSPORT ID OR DIRVER
LINCENCE........................................................

NAME OF YOUR BANK IN
FULL..........................................................

COMPLETE ADDRESS OF YOUR
BANK.........................................................

TELEPHONE AND THE FAX NUMBER OF YOUR
BANK.............................................

YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER AND ROUTING
NUMBER..................................................

Now listen to me,I would like to stress that this transaction is similar to
that of a person
who bank with a particular bank and wishes to transfers his fund to another
bank of his choice or even close that account. Once I have programmed your
name on the database of the entire bank, you basically become a customer of
the bank. With these, the bank will immediately wire the fund to your chosen
account if you ask them to transafer. Please indecate the method you want so
that we can conclude this transfer
without delay.

1, Diplomatic Courier Service

2, Telegraphic Transfer

3, pay by check

4, AMT CARD

Are you a property Owner?________



Hoping that the above explanation suffices.

Best regards
Nelson Edward

FROM FIRST INLANDBANK OF NIGERIA (FIB).
NOTE: RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE
FOR YOU.ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THIS PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS ( EMAIL ;firstinlandbank@firstinlandbnk.com )
TELEPHONE NUMBER 2348087954438

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