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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: "Meche Nathan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrmeche1973@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:34:46 -0500
Subject: From Meche Nathan

MR. MECHE NATHAN
FIRST CREDIT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
198 BANKERS AVENUE, VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA

SIR,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS OFFICE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION TO PAY YOU THE SUM OF $9,700,000.00 (NINE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY BEING YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT. THE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION NUMBER IS: TYUX6767MB WHICH IS READY TO BE WIRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR RESPONSE.

THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN CHARGED TO OVERSEE ALL CONTRACTS,INHERITANCE/NEXT OF KIN, LOTTERY, AND HOLOCAUST CLAIM PAYMENTS. NOTE THAT MOST FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND LOTTERY WINNERS ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY BENEFITED OR WON THROUGH THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES.


WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ONE MR. KAMICHI YASHITA WHO INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS YOUR NEXT OF KIN ALSO THAT YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED HIM TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS
INTO HIS ACCOUNT ON YOUR BEHALF. MR. KAMICHI YASHITA INFORMED US THAT YOU ARE DEAD ALSO THAT THE INSTRUCTION WAS GIVEN TO HIM BEFORE YOUR DEATH. WE HAVE ASKED HIM TO FORWARD THE COPY OF THE LETTER YOU GAVE HIM BUT HAVE NOT YET HEARD FROM HIM.


THIS IS THE ACCOUNT DETAILS HE FORWARDED TO US:

Bank Name: MIZUHO BANK, NARIMASU BRANCH.
Address: 2-11-2, NARIMASU, ITABASHI-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
SWIFT CODE: MSDKBGHUT. Bank Account No: 239-1-563-321.
Beneficiary: ROS LTD. (KAMICHI YASHITA)


WE ARE WRITING FOR YOU TO CONFIRM THIS MESSAGE AND IF IT IS NOT TRUE, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORWARD WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO ENABLE US CARRY OUT THIS TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. FORWARD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY THE FOLLOWING:


FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS…………………………………………………
DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS: ……………………………………
BANK NAME AND ADDRESS: ……………………………………………………
ACCOUNT NUMBERS…………………………………………………………….
SWIFT CODE:……………………………………………………………………
ROUTING NUMBERS……………………………………………………………


UPON RECEIPT OF THE ABOVE, WE SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROCESS YOUR PAYMENT DOCUMENTS FROM THE OFFICES INVOLVED AND CARRY OUT TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS NOMINATED BY YOU. DUE TO THE CORRUPT PRACTICES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ON FOREIGNERS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED NATION HAVE ENDORSED OUR BANK AS ONE OF THE PAYMENT AGENTS AND WE URGE YOU TO WORK WITH US DILIGENTLY TO ENABLE US SERVE YOU BETTER AS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS APPROVED AMOUNT IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT VIA A DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS FROM THE TIME THE ABOVE DETAILS ARE SENT TO US.

DO HELP US BY CONFIRMING THIS ABOVE DETAILS IMMEDIATELY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE. PLEASE TREAT WITH UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY TO AVOID
DOUBLE CLAIM.


BEST REGARDS,
MR. MECHE NATHAN
FIRST CREDIT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN PAYMENT

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