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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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Fraud email example:

From: "REV.OMATTA JONES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revomattajones@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 04:44:47 -0700
Subject: THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FUND.

I am Rev.OMATTA JONES. a computer scientist working with Central Bank of Nigeria. I just started work with C.B.N. and I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and but the fund was not released to you. The most annoying thing is that they won't tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you, instead they allow you spend money unnecessarily, I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security. I needed to do this because you need to know the statues of your Funds and cause for the delay, Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria, you may not understand it because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing needed to release this fund is the Anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate which will be tendered to any of your nominated bank and the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) for clearance of the transferred amount in your account. Once the Anti drug /terrorist clearance certificate is obtained funds will immediately reflect in your bank within 10 Minutes, the certificate is all that is needed to complete this transaction. Note that the actual funds are valued at $1.5 MILLION USD and the president made a compensation fund release for all unpaid beneficiary valued at $500,000.thounsand usd. Listed below are the mafias and banks behind the non release of your funds that I managed to sneak out for your kind perusal. 1) Prof. Charles soludo 2) Senator David Mark 3) Chief Joseph Sanusi 4) Dr. R. Rasheed 5) Barrister Awele Ugorji 6) Mr. Roland Ngwa 7) Barrister Ucheuzo Williams 8) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Obi 9) Dr. Patrick Aziza Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member 10) Mr. Tunde Lemon Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member 11) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Members 12) Mrs. Okonjo Iweala 13) Mrs. Rita Ekwesili 14) Barr Jacob Onyema 15) Dr. Godwin Oboh: Director Union Bank Of Nigeria. 16) Mr. John Collins: Global Diplomat Director. 17) Foreign fund diplomatic courier 18) Barr. Becky Owens 19) Rev. Steven Jones 20) Bank of Africa 21) Mrs. Debbie Hargrove 22) Mr. Michael Wagner 23) Barr. Isa Farid 24) Dr. Raymond Faye< /i> 25) Ibraheem Fashola 26) Dr. Leslie Fawaz 27) Mercy Fajaroo 28) Walter K. Falana 29) Azeez Fatou 30) Ibrahim Fabumi 31) Daniel Faras 32) Michael Faras 33) Minassa Fernandez 34) Viresh Fernando 35) Deacon Diende Fernandez 36) Ben Felix 37) Dr. Ige Femi 38) Chen Hsiu Fei 39) Gloria Festus 40) Lopez Fernando 41) Aloye Fidelis 42) Augusto Fish 43) Dr. Raymond Fingesi 44) Dr. Martin Fibu 45) Joseph Finn 46) Ogom Fidelis 47) Jennifer H. Fiedler 48) Dr. Jimmy Fowler 49) Robert Fortin 50) Dr. Sharon Forrest 51) Prince Michael Fofano 52) Sarah Fofano 53) Tony Foster 54) Dr. Koman Fofar 55) Samuel Fona 56) Grace Fona 57) Funmi Folorunso 58) Mike Franklin 59) Egbo Francois 60) George Freeman Do get in touch with me immediately with my direct number +234-8025-209-725, to conclude this final transaction immediately, and also send to me your convenient tel/fax numbers for easy communications. Regards, Rev.OMATTA JONES. TEL:+234-8025-209-725 EMAIL: rev_omatta@qatar.io

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