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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: "PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ppafrican234@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:09:37 +0100
Subject: US$5,200,000.00 COMPENSATION FOR YOU



>From The Desk Of Hon.Dr. Idriss Nd?l? Moussa
President of the Pan-African Parliament,
The African Court of Justice .
www.pan-africanparliament.org

Dear Beneficiary.

I am Hon. Dr. Idriss Ndélé Moussa , the President of the Pan-African Parliament constituted by African Court of Justice. I write to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESS was forwarded to my office by African Union Compensation Commissioner(AUCC) as a victim to African fraudsters.

As the Head of the Pan-African Parliament we are here to enforce any approval/order by The African Court of Justice, after our deliberation with Nigeria government here in South Africa and constant complain from International Community regarding scam from Africa more especially Nigeria. We have to enforce compensation of all the victim involve by the country that did it and Nigeria government have agree to compensate all the people scam by top Nigerians officers after due verification. The Pan-African Parliament, within the initial period has consultative and advisory powers with the aim of ultimately evolving into an institution with full legislative powers to approve and implement orders from African Court of Justice.

In lieu of above. US$5,200,000.00 compensation sum was agreed upon after long consultation with Nigeria Government and has been approved in your favour for possible release to you whenever you contact with your information as requested below either through ATM CASHIER CARD or WIRE TRANSFER.

You are advise to contact Patrick orkar on:

Telephone: 234 708 0211 581
E-mail address:drpatrickorkar@gmail.com

with the following informations:

(1).Your Full Name:
(2)Your Contact Address:
(3).Your Cell-phone Number:
(4).A scan copy of your international passport or Drivers license.

Waiting for your urgent response .

Yours Faithfully,
Hon. Dr. Idriss Ndélé Moussa


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