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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: Dr Ernest Obi <eobi1@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dfod98@live.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:47:22 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.




CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT
E-MAIL:dfod98@live.com



ATTN: SIR

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

FOLLOWING OUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY/CBN BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND GOVERNORS IN RESPECT TO THE RECEIPT OF AN APPROVAL OF YOUR FUND IN THIS SECOND QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2009, FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND AFRICAN FUND RECOVERING BEUREU.

WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT,WIRE TRANSFER PAYABLE IN OUR ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH OUR CORRESPONDENCE BANK IN USA (JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NY).

WE ARE WORKING IN CONJUCTION WITH THE RECENT NEW PRESIDETAIL DIRECTIVES IN CONSOLIDATION WITH THE ELECTION OF AMERICAN BLACK PRESIDENT (HONURABLE BARACK OBAMA)WHO HAVE JOINT PARTNERSHIP DEBT BUY BACK AGREEMENT WITH THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE ALL OVER DUE PAYMEBNT ON CONTRACT AND INHERITANCE CLAIM TO ASSIST MOST AMERICAN WITH THE WORLD GLOBALLY ECONOMIC RECESSION.

WE THEREFORE IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE THIS GREAT ADVANTAGE THAT HAVE EMANTED WITH THE PRESIDENT (HONURABLE BARACK OBAMA) APPOINTMENT AS THE NEW PRESIDENT, WE URGENTLY NEED THIS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO TRANSCRIBE YOUR DETAIL INFORMATIONS INTO OUR INTERNATIONAL DATA BASE COMPUTER THAT WILL BE USE IN THE CREDITING OF THE CERTFIED BANK DRAFT OR WIRE TRANSFER FROM NIGERIA EXTERNAL CRUDE OIL ACCOUNT WITH JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NEW YORK

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR PRESENT MAILING ADDRESS
3. YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. YOUR OVER DUE CONTRACT OR INHERITANCE AMOUNT.

IN VIEW OF THIS, BE INFORMED THAT WE HAVE LIMITED TIME FRAME TO CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY PAYMENT OBLIGATION.

THIS OFFICE WILL FORWARD TO YOU A COPY OF YOUR CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OR WIRE TRANSFER AS SOON AS WE HEAR FROM YOU FOR CONFIRMATION THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BANK.

YOU CAN CALL ME ON 234-806-445-0070, FOR MORE DIRECTIVES.

WE AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

BEST REGARDS .

DR ERNEST OBI.

DIRECTOR, FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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