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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: "Barr Nicole Gong,(SAN)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Nicolegong@att.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:55:03 -0700
Subject: Re: Attention: Unpaid Beneficiary...........IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR FUNDS OF $5,800,000,00 USD

Attention: Unpaid Beneficiary,

Top of the day to you. How are you doing today? I trust that you and your entire family are in good condition. What is happening? I have been seriously looking forward to hear back from you, so that I can tell the bank Representative who is in change of the transfer of your $5,800,000,00 but since then I have not heard back from you.The Bank has contacted me to stand for you as your lawyer. So that your Fund can be remitted into your personal account in the next 24 hours. But since then I have not heard back from you. What is happening? I really need to know what the way forward. Because the bank have been updating me in regards of the transfer.

Currently your informations was used by some stipulated crooks from Nigeria to dupe an innocent German Business man to the tune of $400million usd and the German Government has already been alerted over this situations and also all the Anti-Crime Agent which includes the United States Interpol, Home Land Security Services and also the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC].

Below is the list of all the Anti-Crimes Agencies that are working along with us in making sure that the lives and properties of the individuals are properly kept and reserve to avoid any further lose by internet fraudsters:

Central Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
National Reconnaissance Office
National Geospatial-Intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
Defense Security Service
Financial Crimes Enforcement (FINCEN)
Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis

It will be very shameful for a personality of your status that has already achieve many things in life to have her picture inset on our website as an internet fraudsters or an unwanted person as will be declared by our Director Mr Robert Mueller,don't forget that you only have 5days to secure this document and forward it back to us,

Because of the amount of Scams on the Internet and also so many people acting what they not juist to scam people off there hard earned money and asking them to pay fee before there Funds can be Transfer and after the Payment you will never receive anything from them so that is i have decided to contact you in respect of the amount of Scams on the Internet now i have decided to write to you now and also to inform you that you if you are contact anty other office even any person or group of personal cliaming to help you receive your Fund to you you are advice seek permition from the Federal Fund Release Department before you can Proceed as below is some listed Names and personal cliaming to be what they are not trying to rip people off there hard Earned Money.

Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation Fake lawyers cliaming to help you get you Fund like Barrister Christopher Adams.

I really have a lot of case file on my desk. If I did not hear back from you in the next 10 hours from now. I will close your file case, and it will be kept in abandon file. Since you have decide not to get back to me. I will advice you update me as soon as possible. Let me furnish you with the update that I just receive from the Bank Manager in regards the transfer of your fund. I really want to make sure that you start making use of your fund before this week runs out. I know that you have a lot of responsibility to take care of. I really want to make sure that I put a smile on your face. As soon as I hear back from you. I will send you my Credential as lawyer. Then I will also let you know the step step to take so that your fund will be in your account.

Here is my Personal Email as Below you are Advice to contact me via
E-mail as soon as possible.

Barr Barr Nicole Gong,(SAN)
Email Address: Nicolegong@att.net
COntact Phone Number: +2348071485556

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated by me. Thank you
for your understanding.

Barr Nicole Gong,(SAN)

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