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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: Don Jones <lindagrafton@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: donjones12@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:14:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


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REF: C/N FGN/PND/A3160/2000/2010
FOR: NNPC CONTRACTORS, INHERITTED FUNDS
AND LOTTERY/NEXT OF KIN
FROM THE DESK OF: DR.SAM HAMZA (CHAIRMAN ANTI-FRAUD
UNIT/FINANCIAL CONTROLLER,) Email (donjones12@hotmail.com)
Attn: Beneficiary
 
                      RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
This is to bring to your
notice that the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) has resolved to
take charge of payment such as NNPC
CONTRACTORS, INHERITTED FUNDS AND
LOTTERY/NEXT OF KIN upon themselves.
This was as a result of disappointment
and fraudulent attitude
discovered from some illicit individuals and
officials in Nigeria and
Overseas (Offshore).  In this regard, we hereby
present to you the
list of various offices, agencies, ministries, parastatals
and
personalities that have been used and abused by the numerous
corrupt
officials and impersonators to extort money illegally from
our
contractors in pretence as the officials to release their contract
payment.
Based on the above, we have resolved to pay you by the
Ecowas
government approved paying bank, this is to avoid and to
eliminate
once and for all dubious fees you are been ask to pay in the
past.
Your payment will be reaching your account in less than 5 days
from
the day you respond to this mail.

1.         Governor/Deputy
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
2.         Director of International/Foreign
Remittance
3.         Telex/Cable Department of CBN
    4.         Legal
Department of CBN
5.         Attorney General of the Federation
6.     
   Dr. Patrick Aziza
7.         Mr. Tunde Lemo
8.         Accountant
General of the Federation
9.         Contract
Review/Conversion/Debt/Reconciliation Panels
10.        Various
Panels/Committee on Contract Payment with various
names of            fake
military officials and civilians.
11.        Various fake letters from,
Senates, Central Bank of Nigeria
12.        World Bank Auditors,
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
13.        Various correspondents,
Pay-point officials and various
safe deposit            security
companies.
14.        Presidential Task Force (PTF)
15.        Mr. Ernest
Obi
16.        Alhaji Mosur Mukhtar
17.        Board of Inland
Revenue
18.        ADB: Agriculture Development Bank Ghana
19.       
National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) etc.
20.        THE
PAYMASTER GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
21.        IBTC DIRECTOR
22.       
Fidelity Trust Bank
23.        NDDC
24.       DEUTSCHE BANK" info_deutschebank_london@yahoo.co.uk
25.   
   Halifax Bank" info_halifaxbank_london@yahoo.co.uk
26.   
   Ako Eyadema" Ako Eyadema@adb,org
27.       KERRY BUTLER, Jonathan Britton,
Barclays Bank,
info@barclaysbnkintl.org
28.       wughanaheadoffice@yahoo.com, Dr.Williams
Adams,
29 financial_payment_benin0011631@yahoo.fr Financial
Minister
30   UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC.." <barth.ebong@ubankng.org, Dr.Barthlomew
Bassey
Ebong
31   Director of Minister of Finance foreign funds investigation
31 
     Intercontinental Bank Intercontinental Bank"
intercontinentalbankplc70@yahoo.com
32.     
Mrs. Waziri Farida, Economic Financial Crime chairman
33.      Dr. Walters
Mike*Diplomatic Ghana" drwaltersmike@yahoo.com
34.     COMPAGNIE
IVOIRIENNE DE SECURITE PRIVEE CISP" <cisp@deliveryman.com>
35      Chief of
Kotoka International Airport Accra Ghana
(markson_loco@yahoo.com)
36.     ADAM SMITH" adam.smith@lawyer.com (MR. OWEN MOYO)
37     
BARCLAYS BANK LONDON" <davidroberts@london.com>
38.     senate
committee" senatecommitteechambers001@yahoo.com
39     
Habib Bank platiniumhabibcreditcardunit@gmail.com
40     
Sam Brown" mr_sambrown_fedex2000@yahoo.com
41 
   BOOARDMAN, johnbooardman_barclaysbarclays@yahoo.com
42 
   Don Mark don_mark103@yahoo.fr
43     Mike Abass, mikeabass@gmail.com
44     Eco Community
<eco.office01@gmail.com
45     Richards John richardsj_official@yahoo.com
46     Frank, frankabass1980@gmail.com
47 George Bombi georgebombi@yahoo.com
You are
cautioned to stop further transaction with the above listed or
any other
group or individual to avoid falling victim again to the
gang of the
fraudsters here or be exploited by the several corrupt
Nigeria officials home
and abroad.  In a swift crusade towards the
enforcement of your contract
debt, the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation has been authorized by the
Senate of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria to take charge of payment of all
NNPC and Petroleum Trust
Fund (PTF) contractors through the 30% fund
generated from the
corporation proceeds.  This is contained in the officials
gazette
recently released by the President.  In this regards all
modalities
have put in place for the immediate release of your contract
payment
by the Ecowas approved paying bank which we shall furnish you
with
there details as soon as you respond. Take note that all
payments
within Ecowas countries are included in this arrangement.
Countries
such as Ghana, Gambia, Liberia and Sierra lone are all inclusive
in
this arrangement.
Your co-operation is highly needed to serve you
better.
You are therefore, as a matter of urgency required to contact
this
office as soon as possible and to cooperate fully in other to
receive
your payment.
Yours, faithfully,
DR.SAM HAMZA
Anti Fraud
Unit/Financial Controller



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