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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: "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT"<info@nigeriapolice.com>
Reply-To: <paymentcentre@un-cc.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:11:06 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION : SCAM VICTIMS

ATTENTION : SCAM VICTIMS,

>From crime rating information from the world rating which Ghana,Nigeria ,London Including some Asia and European countries has been short-list among the world highest crime country. We now note that most of our security company, banks, airport authority, legal adviser, police officers and other important personnel are involved in illegal business and fraudulent extraction of fund from our international beneficiaries and businessmen whom has been involved and been a victim,you have to report to our investigating Board for us to work on the case to bring those devilish people to book so they can face the Government's judgment.

Therefore ,through this medium a special task force was formed from the criminal investigation department to monitor all such activities suspecting to be of fraud, scams, criminal drug dealing and any illegal activities.

We Advised you are to not to be afraid of your security and personality , as you are 100% secured and your identity is to be protected and note that you are dealing with the Government of Ghana, Eco was and The Cyb er- Crime Fraud investigating Task force here in Accra, Ghana. Your information is from the research made from our airport authority and a trace tracking payment you made through bank to bank transfer or fake courier service or security company from any of the above mention country to confuse you to get your hard earn money. You are advice if you are having any dealings either here in Ghana or Nigeria or any of the African countries and you are suspecting it to be of fake or illegal way of siphoning money from you.

Barristers were withdrawn from the Ghana Bar Association due to the bad stigma they are sticking to our country’s image, so far this month 3 security companies have been closed down, 126 policemen have been arrested and imprisoned. So you are advised you might be dealing with the wrong personnel and even from their spoken English and E-mail Write-up this will be of almost the same caliber so you need to be very careful.

You are to note if you are having any of:

1) LOTTERY WINNING (AWARD), you have to forward his or her identity for verification in Ghana and in the UN if he or she is member of the association or a fake LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.

2) ACCESS OR DEPOSIT IN SECURITY COMPANY: We have to verify the authenticity of the security company and check their license before you make any further payment.

3) BANK ACCOUNT: The problem we are having now with our commercial bank and financial institution is that they use different means to amass money from our foreign businessmen as to transfer their fund. If you are having fund in any commercial bank and you have undergo such and the funds have not been transferred you can make you complains.

4) AIRPORT AUTHORITY: If you have any goods that have to be delivered to you from our airport and the official want any illegal fee from you which you don’t have to pay.

5) GHANA OR NIGERIA POLICE FORCE: Any of our police officer claiming to be assisting you in investigating any issue and you have been making any sort of payment to him and you are suspecting this to be phony you can send the contact info. And you have been working with anyone here for so long now and you have been entangled, which most of this identity is fake and we have to verify the authenticity. So all you have to do is to send down any of such information for investigation or arrest.

6)AND ALSO WE HAVE TWO BOXES OF CONSIGNMENT WORTH THREE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS CARRYING YOUR FULL NAME AND INFORMATION WHICH WAS RETRIEVED FROM A DIPLOMAT AND LOTTERY ORGANIZATION WHO DOES NOT HAVE LICENSE TO OPERATE AS A DIPLOMAT SO CALL US NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DELIVER YOUR FUNDS TO YOU.
We work Hand in hand with the Overall Officials of the FBI Worldwide including the West Africa Police either Nigeria,Ghana,Republic Of Benue Cotonou so you are to report as urgency before investigations will proceed and note that the FBI has the audacity to monitor your mail so make sure you get back to this Office immediately.


THANKS,
INSPECTOR Martins Egogabia .(P.R.O),
EXTERNAL CRIME CONTROL,
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT,
DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTER,
LAGOS NIGERIA

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