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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: "VERIFICATION PANEL" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:01:17 +0100
Subject: (VERIFICATION PANEL ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT)

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE ON ATM PAYMENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(VERIFICATION PANEL ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT)
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area, Lagos, Nigeria.
TEL:+234-7090032235

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found that why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled the obligation given to you in respect of your contract/Inheritance payment.

Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with none Officials in the Bank in your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such illegal acts like this has to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problems.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center, that is the latest instruction from President Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua[GCFR} Federal Republic of Nigeria and Federal Ministry of Finance.

This Card Center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Eight thousand five hundred dollars per day, so if you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting the CARD PAYMENT CENTER(verifiationpanel@sify) an also send the following information to him in order for him to proceed immediately:

1. Full Name:
2. Phone Number:
3. Fax Number:
4. Address where you want them to send the ATM CARD to
5. Your age:
6. Current occupation:
7. A copy of your identification:

The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out USD$8,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2009.

Also for your information you have to stop any further communication with any other person {s} or Office {s} (especially PROF.CHARLES SOLUDO AND DR.USMAN**THEY ARE SCAM ARTISTS**THEY CAN NEVER SEND YOU A CENT)to avoid hitches in receiving your ATM payment stop dealing
with them if at all you are dealing with THEM OR any other person. Email me back as soon as you receive this important message for further direction and also update me on any development from the above-mentioned office.

Note that because of impostures, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is {ATM-811} so you have to indicate this code when contacting the CARD CENTER by using it as your subject.

DR, ADEYEMI JOHNSON.
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area,
Lagos, Nigeria.
TEL:+234-7090032235
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(VERIFICATION PANEL ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT)

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