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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: "MANAGEMENT BOARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ddebtmgtboard1@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:33:38 -0700
Subject: payment notice

The Audit and Debt Management Board
Federal Secretariat Complex
Lagos
Nigeria

Our Ref: PRS/102/0005B/10

FINAL PAYMENT OF USD$2.8MILLION

Following the protest of the International community & foreign contractors, the Federal Government has been compelled to pay all outstanding foreign debts especially contracts/inheritance-wills. They warned that payment should be released to the affected beneficiaries forthwith in this Third fiscal quarter of 2010.

From the records of outstanding debts due for this payment ,your e-mail contact was discovered in the list of the outstanding beneficiaries.

It was Resolved and Agreed upon that your Fund totalling Two Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only( USD$2.8Million) should be released to you by Payment through an Automated Teller Machine Card with a daily maximum withdrawable limit of USD$10,000.00 (Ten Thousand United States Dollars ) per transaction at any ATM Card Machine Point for Reliability, safety and Promptness.

This office has Been Mandated to take charge of the Processing of the payment file prior to the release of the ATM Debit Card to you . In the light of the above, you are required to furnish this office with the following information in order to reconfirm if it's in line with the one contained in our payment data

1) Your full name.
2) Your Phone number.
3) Your Home Address.
4) Profession:

Please note that if by the 30th of August,2010 you have not contacted this office, you will consider this payment cancelled as this present Government will not be held responsible.

Regards,

Mr. Greg Phillips
Chief Auditor

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