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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: "YOUR DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY DELIVERING PAYMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diplomatimmunitypayoffi@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:38:03 +0100
Subject: YOUR DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY DELIVERING PAYMENT

THE PRESIDENCY OFFICE
Aso Rock villa, Asokoro District, Abuja
Direct Line +234 7038211791
PRESIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY DELIVERING PAYMENT SECURITY CODE (786PRFGN)

YOUR DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY DELIVERING PAYMENT

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

I Am Lt.General Fidelis Dukur.National Security Adviser to the
President Federal Republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umar Musa Yara Dua , I
am delighted to inform you that the committee panel on foreign payment
which just concluded it seating in Abuja has released your name
as Beneficiary to be benefit from the Diplomatic Immunity Delivering.

This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate Manipulated
contractor or inheritance claims, contracts and over-invoiced payment
as the negative effects has eaten deep into The Economy of our dear
country. Disregard any replica of this message without the
presidential allocation code as stated above.

However, we wish to bring to your notice that your contract /
inheritance profile is still reflecting in our central Computeronic
presidential system as an unpaid contract / inheritance during
auditing excise.

Your payment file was forwarded To my office by the auditors as
unclaimed fund, we wish to use this medium to inform you that for the
time being, Federal Government of Nigeria have stopped further
payment through bank to bank transfer, payment by draft or ATM except
on some special instructions, due to foreign beneficiary numerous
petitions to United Nations, FBI, CIA and international police
against Nigeria on wrong payment and diversion of foreign funds to
different accounts.

In this regards, we are going to release your 18.5Million USD to you as your contractor or inheritance payment as

the benefoaroes.

In order to facilitate your fund release,you are hereby advised to me your following imformation,as stated below

1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3) ADDRESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND
4) YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCPATION
5) A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY
for revalidation and update to avoid misdirection of your fund to a wrong person,

Best Regards,
Lt General Fidelis Dukur,
National Security Adviser to the President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Direct Line +234 7038211791

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