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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: "UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <federickjohnson01@windowslive.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:04:24 -0400
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE...(PLEASE READ BEFORE DELETING)


From: Federick Johnson
Remittance Manager
Diamond Bank Of Nigeria
Office Number : +234-807-208-1833
Email: federickjohnson01@windowslive.com

Attention: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract
inheritance file presently on my desk, and I
found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of
co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to
your contractinheritance payment.

Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials
in the bank as this is an illegal act and will
have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the board meeting held at our headquarters,we have resolved in
finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged
your payment through our SWIFT CARDPAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and
Asia Pacific, which is then instruction given by our president, His Excellency
Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw
your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is
($7,000.00) Seven Thousand US Dollars per transaction. So, if you
like to receive your fund this way, $7,000 Usd for you to withdraw for a
day and each transaction is $ 7,000usd minimum which you have to withdraw
$7,000usd for one working day also be informed that the total amount in
the SWIFT ATM CARD is $15.5 million usd.

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


Tracking Number: H7909125721
Tracking Name: E MNAICKER

Click on the Link Below and Put the Tracking number Above;
http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?loc=en_US

We need this details to Proceed:

(1) Your Full Name :
(2) Your Address where you want the payment centre to send your
ATMCARD.:
(3) Phone And Fax Number :
(4) Age and Occupation :
(5) Your Nearest International Air Port in your City of residence:
(6) scan copy of your identity card


We shall be expecting to receive your information you have stop any
further communication with anybody or office.

On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and
direction, and also please do update me with any new development.

Here is my contact details:

Name: Mr. Federick Johnson
E-mail:- federickjohnson01@windowslive.com
Phone: +234-807-208-1833

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,

Mr. Federick Johnson
Remittance Manager
Diamond Bank Of Nigeria

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