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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: "Alh. Aminu Danbaba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daudaliyu@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:40:44 +0100
Subject: Attn: Unpaid-Beneficiary

Attn: Beneficiary

This is to notify you that, it has been brought to conclusion during an AU summit conference meeting held in New York that based on beneficiaries unable to complete transaction to receiving their fund based on the that, banks request for outrageous sum of funds such as cost of transfer, reactivation of accounts, opening of a new account with them, obtaining of some legal papers which is really necessary has caused a lot of damages to benefactors interest. The worst part of it, is that the past Nigeria Government Officials were so corrupt to the extent of collaborating with some foreign Banks, who almost held the fund to themselves as a result greed and selfishness, in which some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund in an attempt to swindle your fund has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your funds.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have received heir Contract Sum, Lottery award, Inheritance fund etc. Now it has been scheduled that your payment will come via ATM card that will be send to you along with a beneficiary pin which you will use to withdraw up to $12,850.00 daily from any ATM machine that has a master Card acceptance in your country. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your bank account. The ATM MASTER CARD will delivered to your door step with a handbook as a manual to enlighten you on how to use it. Your ATM CARD payment would be sent to you via Courier Company services (UPS) to ease the delivery, thus we signed a contract with them which should !
expired in one Month time.

Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS and FedEx website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name:J2261466148 John krasnow (www.ups.com)
Name:J2261466111 Roberts LaTanya (www.ups.com)
Name : Christine Fuller:UPS Tracking Number: J2261466139 (www.ups.com)
Name : Mary Brodhead: UPS Tracking Number:J2261466095(www.ups.com)

To effect the release of your valued funds through ATM CARD, you are advised to contact the director of payment and delivery officer, Dr. Dauda Aliyu and provide him with the underneath requested information to commence with the necessity:

You complete names:
Residing home address:
Home/Cell Telephone:
Age/Occupation:
Amount to be paid:

As soon as we receive your Details, we are going to issue an ATM MASTER CARD and a scanned copy will be sent to you, before the delivery.

Note that you are advice to stop every contact with any Bank or any non governmental parastal offices, until further instructions from us as our good office will help you out.

Yours sincerely,
Alh. Aminu Danbaba
Nigeria Committee On Foreign Payment.
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol with United nation and F.B.I

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