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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. Kelvin Chidi" <drkelvinchidi2009@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 23:03:55 -0000
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION:
Dr. Kelvin Chidi Director
Insterswitch Unit ATM ISSUANCE.


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
contract/inheritance payment.Secondly, you are hereby adviced 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 CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia
Pacific which is the instruction given by The president of 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
($100,000.00) one hundred Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. So if you
like to receive your fund this way,
(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD:
(3) Phone And Fax Number:
(4) Your Next of Kin:

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have stop anyfurther
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.

Thanks for your co-operation.
Best Regards, Dr. Kelvin Chidi
Director Insterswitch Unit


Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct,
which is (805) so you have to indicate this code when contacting this
office.

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