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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: "Dr. Justin Morgan" <justinmorgan01@walla.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:31:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (REPLY URGENT)

 

NIGERIA POLICE FORCE
Fraud/Contract Investigation Department
Office of the Inspector General of Police
Police Command Headquarters, Lagos

Hello Beneficiary,

I am Dr. Justin Morgan, secretary to Inspector General of Police Federal Republic of Nigeria.    

The Citibank London United Kingdom brought a report to us about a counter claims of your funds by one named Mr. Randy Perez who is trying to make us believe that you are into agreement with him to help you in receiving your fund in Citibank London.

So here comes the big question, did you sign the deal of assignment in favor of Mr. Randy Perez thereby making him the current beneficiary of your fund with his following bank account details below?

Bank Name: Bank of America
Bank Address:  260 Greenwich Street, New York, USA
Account Number: 900344177344
Account Name: Mr. Randy Perez

Routing Number:  03298821
Swift Code: WB02717US10

we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Mr. Randy Perez, if we do not hear from you within 48Hours from today.

Therefore, Let us know before we authorize Citibank London to transfer your fund US$1,850,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) into Mr. Randy Perez bank account, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Federal Ministry of Finance have approved the payment of your contract balance from Nigeria Oil Reserved Allocation.

 

Send your reply via email address: inspectorgeneralonovo@airsoftmail.com


Best Regards,

Mr. Justin Morgan

Senior Secretary to
Inspector General of Police
Federal Republic of Nigeria

  

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