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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: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY <presidency.nigeria@presidency.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:08:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re-Payment Notification.






OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENCY

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

ASO-ROCK, ABUJA

                                                                                                     


Our
Ref: EOP/AGF/101X48/2010










Sir,





Re-Payment
Notification

 

In order to guard against the menace posed by
miscreants in
the release of foreign debts owed by my country, I want to use this
medium to
inform you that we have signed a pact with one of the Pan African Banks
in
Republic of Ghana called The Trust Bank Limited Ghana to assist us in
taking
care of our contractors/claimant’s payment as this is in pursuance of
the due
process and conformity with the transparency programme of my government
and in
my crusade against corruption and also inline with the provisions of the
law as
contained in ACT 114 section 17 paras (A) (B) of the 2010 amended
constitution.

 

Prior to this, I want to bring to your notice
that I have
been informed by the Foreign Debts’ Commission (FDC) a panel instituted
by me
for this purpose, that your payment verification exercise conducted
today has
been ‘very successful’ and that you have been short-listed among those
to be
paid. Therefore you are advised as a matter of extremely urgency to
contact the
Remittance Director of The Trust Bank Limited Ghana, Mr. Kwesi George on
his
official telephone number:  233-547143220 and or Email:
thetrustbanklimitedghana@email.com
for immediate release of your fund.

 

However, my attention has been drawn to
the nefarious
activities of people purportedly acting under cover as ministerial
officials
and financial bodies to defraud our esteemed contractors/claimants.
Therefore,
I strongly advise that you desist from further communication with
person(s)
claiming to have the mandate to effect your payment here in Nigeria or outside Nigeria, as my government
will not
be held liable for any loss accruing to you due to your negligence in
adhering
to my instructions.

 

I want to state it clearly here, that I
have not
authorized nor appointed any other financial institution or agent(s)
here in Nigeria or
outside Nigeria
for the release of your
fund “except” the above mentioned
bank. Therefore, be wary of whomever that is contacting you regarding to
the
release of your fund.

  

Congratulations

 

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (MOFR,
MMNI, GCFR)

President/Commander-in-Chief of Arm
Forces

Federal Republic
of Nigeria.

 

Cc: Office of the World Bank Regional
Representative in
Nigeria.



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