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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: "Mrs. Farida Waziri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <farida.waziri922@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:17:31 -0700
Subject: Attention

Attention
This is to bring to your notice that The Nigeria Senate House delegated from the United Nations has resolved
 
to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims US$1.300,000.00( One Million Three  Hundred Thousand United States
 
Dollars) each this new year. You are listed and approved for  this payment as one of the scammed victims. This
 
is the New Resolution by the Federal  Government of Nigeria after the just concluded G8 meeting.Your name
 
was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of.
their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this  message to any one
 
for any reason whatsoever,the US secret service in collaboration with the Economic And Financial Crimes
 
Commission in Nigeria are already on trace on the criminals. Government of Nigeria in collaboration with the
 
British Government has approved Forty-Seven Million British Pounds Sterling only (GBP 47, 000,000.00) for
 
the settlement of the remaining 60 people on the list and an arrangement has been concluded with the Bank of
 
America for final release of funds into your Bank Account as soon as your payment Pin Code is issued to you
 
from the Debt Management office.
Contact Person: Mrs. Farida Waziri.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
15A, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi,Lagos, Nigeria.
EMAIL:farida.waziri922@gmail.com
Contact her now only on these given email addresses and obtain your payment PIN CODE for the release of
 
your compensation.The information you are expected to forward to her to re-confirm with what they have in
 
their files include:
(1) Full Name
(2) Home Address
(3) Valid Contact Telephone Lines
(4) Personal Identification
(5) Age and Occupation
NOTE : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls, if we find out that you are still
 
dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating and extorting money from you, We shall stop and
 
cancel your payment immediately .
 
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Farida Waziri,(Efcc Chairman).
No Body Is Above The LAW.

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