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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: Independent Corrupt Practices Commission <mbende098@att.net>
Reply-To: abdulrehmaneseneinvestment200@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:22:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Independent Corrupt Practices Commission


Hannatu Raji
A.S. Legal
Chairman' office
Independent Corrupt Practices Commission.

 
Attn: Sir,


I am sincerely touched, to contact you personally in my capacity as the A.S. Legal,
Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). It is without doubts that you have
worked very hard all this while, to getting your contract payment of US$36.5Million paid to you by the Government of Nigeria through the Central Bank Of Nigeria.


Based on the strict instruction from the United Nation Debt Reconciliation Committee, to the Federal Government of Nigeria, to make sure that all its esteemed bonafide
contractor beneficiaries whose payment has not been effected into their account by the
Central Bank, should be verified, investigated and approved for immediate payment of
such contractor's fund.


Subject to this order, the Central Bank of Nigeria short listed your name as a
contractor beneficiary to the sum of US$36.5Million and was about to effect this
payment into your account which they intend to request you to reconfirm, only for my
Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to dictate during a
verification exercise that you were not the bonafide (First Contractor Legally to have
executed this contract with the Federal Government of Nigeria, rather it is observed
that the contract was sub-letted to you as a second party contractor. Is that correct?


Following this development, your payment which was supposed to be paid to you
yesterday was suddenly stopped pending the rectification of this problem which was the
basic reason why I am contacting you so that I will tell you what to do if only you will follow my advise or else, just forget getting your contract payment.


Could you kindly let me have your telephone number, and address, or is the telephone
number below valid? I wish to talk to you so that I will tell you know what to do to
enable your money get to your account. I know you have passed through a lot of
disappointment, pain, in your effort to get this fund but I authoritatively assure you that your negative experience will not remain the same in life with my involvement to help you in this ongoing first quarter debt settlement for 2010.


Please I do hope this information of yours in our file has not changed? Please reconfirm and equally check through our website and read more of our duties/functions.


http://www.icac.org.hk/newsl/issue17eng/button2.htm.

 
Get back to me urgently.

Hannatu Raji
A.S. Legal
Chairman' office
Independent Corrupt Practices Commission.

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