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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: "Kennedy Egobia Okere Director IRPC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <irpc.nigeria@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:10:05 +0700
Subject: Immediate Payment of your Funds

 
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE PAYMENT COMMISSION,
TINUBU SQUARE,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
TEL: 234-812-118-9998
EMAIL: irpc.nigeria@yahoo.com
 
Sub: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR FUNDS
 
Attention:
 
On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, between the United Nations Official and the members of the Federal Executive Council, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meeting on the loss of funds by various Contractors and Fund Beneficiaries to the Nigerian scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.
 
In other to stem the tide of this ugly incident experienced by the Contractors and Fund Beneficiaries, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying some approved and contacted contractors and fund beneficiaries their long over-due contract sum in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking and Government Administrative Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be made through Halifax Bank and supervised by the United Nations' Officials.
 
We want to use this opportunity to notify you that you have been short listed for payment for this fiscal quarter. It is imperative that you send to this office the information regarding to your payment as this is vital in order to us to harmonize our records. You are to understand the fact that you need to send those documents in time in order to allow us submit your file in time to the paying bank (Halifax Bank), as payments will be made on first come first serve basis.
 
Since the paying bank is a commercial bank and the Government of Nigeria made a deposit into a "ESCROW" account with Halifax bank, you will be required to open a domiciliary account with them so that your funds will be deposited into your bank account with them and you can access the account any where in the world. If this arrangement is alright by you, do try and send in the required information to us.
 
Thanking you for your kind understanding and cooperation for us to serve you better.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Kennedy Egobia Okere
Director IRPC Nigeria
N:B :- THIS IS A CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT MESSAGE MEANT FOR THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUNDS WHOSE NAME APPEAR ON THIS MAIL, IF IT GETS TO YOU IN ERROR DISREGARD COMPLETELY OR RETURN BACK TO SENDER.
 
 

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