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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: "OFFICIE OF THE PRESIDENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sirayo1@minister.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 02:53:57 -0700
Subject: RE; REPLY URGENTLY

Ref: FGN-MY/AAS/C21.7-10
From the Desk Of:
Johnson.O Ayo (OON)
sirayo@minister.com

REF: TRANSFER OF USD121.7MILLION.

It is very important to inform you that we Approved the Above valued Amount in your favour and assure you that we will do everything at our disposal to see for the successful completion of this payment.you must abide with our sharing terms thereafter.

The Apex bank have frowned about several banking details submitted by you or your colleagues in the pasts and we hereby solicit that you reconfirm all your valid Banking Details where you want our funds transferred to avoid unnecessary bureaucratic process and mistakes or anything that might jeopardize our transactions, Several valid bank accounts owned and managed by your humble self is advantage and are acceptable for easy wire transfers. You are therefore advised for your own interest to reconfirm full details of these Accounts ( bank name, Address, Account numbers and names, bank phone and fax numbers, swift codes and routing numbers) to avoid mistakes or wrong crediting, Also confirm your current/ valid address, telephone, cellphone and fax numbers for easy correspondence. this is part of this Governments determination to do things according to due process and rule of law. on receipt of this complete information, payment will commence accordingly and concluded on or before 18th October, 2010.

Thanks for adhering to this request.

Yours Sincerely,

Johnson.O Ayo (OON)
Senior Special Adviser to Presidency
Economics and Financial Matters.
Direct-line: +234 803 9701100

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