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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: "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW YORK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mark_twither@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:21:55 -0400
Subject: DID YOU ORDER FOR THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR PAYMENT ?

Attention: beneficiary of Funds worth of $5,000,000.00 Usdollar.

I am Dr MARK TWITHER, the Personal Assistant to the Director, Financial Monitors, Federal Reserve Bank Of NEW YOURK
in collaboration with the International Monitory Fund{IMF} and the World Bank. In am writing to you with the hope
that you shall keep all I am going to tell you here secret and confidential to save my work and do not implicate me.

It is right for me to inform you that a report was made to our Office from The Central Bank of
Nigeria signifying that you have refused to accept responsibilities to claiming your fund
amounting to $5,000,000 00 USD and is requesting for the cancellation of the fund and directing it to
one Donald Huffman from the United States of America and their reason for this change was stated as
your inability to obtain the Due Process Certificate upon which your payment shall be
effected to you officially.

Meanwhile, when this report was made available to my Boss, I was vividly directed to work on the cancellation and
subsequently directing the Bankers to the Court of Law with the papers we shall issue to them.

While I am writing you this mail, is for you to tell me the truth of the matter and Explain to me why you have refuse to
comply with what the Bank have demand from you, and be well informed that what the Bank demanded from you is in line with the
regulations of the Financial Monitoring Regulations.

According to the report, your credibility was destroyed totally because they have made us understand that you argue much on
official issues and wish to formally request here that you work with me and solve this issue once and for all , otherwise this your
transaction will be cancelled and channeled to other source.

What I will do with you here is to influence my Boss to liaise with the Bank and appeal to them to be patient while you work
this issues out and all in good faith.

I have been in this office spanning 15 years now and I have been dealing with people all over the world and most especially on
issues of this nature but thank God that at the end, success will be achieved.

I have to advise here that you remove any sentiments and stop contact with any office that have promised to send you Funds because
they have nothing to offer you,they are just trying to rip you off your hard earn money and your Funds is not with them because
your Funds has been request for cancellation.

Do work with me on this issue and that is if really the money belongs to you, and you are ready to claim it, i shall hope to hear from
you but do remember that this transaction should not be discose to any one in order to secure my the good job of mine.

This transaction shall not exceed two weeks from now if my Boss agrees to this that I am going to present to him.

If this is acceptable to you, kindly send the following information for your own verification and security purpose for me to proceed
towards the release of your Funds and send to my boss for sorting out this matter since you have not request for the cancellation truely.

1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. CELL PHONE :
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD:
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION:
5. COPY OF YOUR ID CARD ATTACHED:

Waiting to hear from you shortly so that i can go ahead and send your information to my boss for confirmation.

Your's in Service,

Dr MARK TWITHER
Personal Assistant to the Director,
Financial Monitors,
Federal Reserve Bank Of NEW YOURK

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