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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: "SMARTCARD DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <smartcarddepts4@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:08:15 -0700
Subject: Reply me

Afribank Nigeria Plc
Smart Card Department
51/55 Broad street,
Lagos
Nigeria

Claims Payment

We have received instructions from the office of the Presidency,the Federal Government of Nigeria to have your USD$3.1Million(Three Million,One Hundred Thousand Dollars ) only currently approved by the contract/Inheritance Review and Payment Committee released to you.

This is part of an instruction/mandate passed by the Senate President at the West African House of Senate in respect to oversea contracts and Inheritance payments and debt re-scheduling plan of the Sixteen Economic Communities of West African States following the Protests and petitions from the International Communities and Foreign individual contractors through the United Nations and the World Bank of numerous teething problems they had earlier faced including bureaucracies, red tapeism and problem on the part of some overzealous staff of the Government Ministries.

You are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials of this Committee as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. From the records of Debts due for this payment, your email-contact was discovered in the list of the outstanding Beneficiaries and we have been mandated that your payment should be released forthwith in this Third Fiscal Quarter of 2010.


 
Henceforth you are advised to confirm your Payment Claims ONLY through AfriBank Nigeria Plc which is the Only Bank Duly Ratified and mandated to make this age long Contract /Inheritance Payments to you. I request therefore that you take urgent and necessary steps to complete your contract payment transfer revalidation processes by reconfirming the following to AfriBank Nigeria Plc
 
1) Your Full Name (2) Address (3) Phone Number (4)Occupation


Failure to adhere strictly to this directives as instructed by the Presidency and the Contract /Inheritance Review and Payment Committee will lead to summary seizure of all your funds /consignments in Nigeria as interpreted in section 89 article 201 of The Bank and other Financial Institutions Act(BOFI)of Nigeria and Ministry of Finance Act 1996 and to stop any further communication with anybody or office Except through us .
 
Mr Isaac Kamaru Alofoje
Risk Management, Strategy,Remedial & Control

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