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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 Mark Peters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <markpeters115@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:57:57 +0100
Subject: Re: YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT



Mr. Mark Peters(Accountant),
Remittance Department,
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN),
Lagos-Nigeria,



RE: Your Outstanding Payment of USD48,500,000.00

I am Mark Peters, an accountant by profession in the Remittance
Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

The first quarter Periodic Gazette 2010 has been released to us from the Federal Ministry of Finance through the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. This document enlists all certified clients/contractors of the governement of Nigeria whose outstanding payments are ready to be paid them through their respective paying banks nationwide.

By this publication, you are number 6 on this list and your outstanding contract payment sum of Foty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (USD48,500,000.00) has been designated to be paid to you through our Foreign Remittance Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by telegraphic wire transfer (KTT).

At this juncture you are hereby advice to contact the Foreign Remittance director Dr. Tunde Lemo of the Foreign Remittance Department for modelities map-out on your contract paid TEL: 234-1-417-5304.
You are hereby directed to furnish us with the following details:

1.) Bank Account Name
2.) Bank Name & Address
3.) Routing Number
4.) Account Number
5.) Private Telephone/Fax Number.

As soon as we receive the aforementioned, we will go ahead with processing of your data and subsequent transfer of your payment sum as it is in line with the Central Bank foreign Transfer Policy 2010.

Yours Faithfully
Mr. Mark Peters
(Accountant),
Remittance Department,
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN),
Lagos-Nigeria.

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