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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: "WEST AFRICAN MONETARY AGENCY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <negarabankmalaysia@globomail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:52:40 +0100
Subject: Important Information About Your Inheritance Fund's

OFFICIAL GAZZETTE.

Attn: FUND BENEFICARY.

Following the appeals and calls made to the United Nations, World bank and International Monetary Fund by several foreigners owed by African Governments, to close credit links to African Countries because of the non payment of their executed contract ,Lottery and Inheritance funds.

The newly elected African head of states, Union Economique Et Moneta ire OUEST AFRICAINE { UEMOA },Association of African Central Banks {AACB},( the Senate Committees, Legislators of the house of Assemblies, Central Bank Executives, board of Directors and the delegated officials of the World Bank/IMF AND ECOWAS Authorities, have held a joint conference to investigate, review and re approve all affected foreigners official paper of claim as contained in their files and clarify with satisfactory evidence to the WAMA Foreign Payment Commission Liaison Office Unit sitting in the BANQUE CENTRALE DU BENIN, Cotonou Head office, to effect the release of all Authenticated Contract/inheritance fund to their respective beneficiaries

After an unanimous pact of 16th August, 2010 at the ECOWAS Conference Centre Cotonou in Benin Republic , have earmarked the sum of US$4.5 Billion Dollars , for the servicing of debts owed to Foreign Contractors and Inheritors of funds, by several banks in West and East African Sub region.

However during our routine scrutiny of your payment file contents, we discovered that there have been attempts by some well placed individuals in collaboration with some dubious bankers who were handling your payment, to divert this your approved fund to another Bank account for their selfish enrichment, but for the facts that the computer data discloses you and your company as the sole signatory and the beneficiary to this fund, made their application for change of Bank account invalid.

Again, there were false allegation that your fund was also illegitimate and was unlawfully stopped by authorities that have no Right to do so. The stop order was manipulated,orchestarted by the bankers in african banks just to frustrate you with endless request of money for these unnecessary certificates, to make you come away bankruptcy and give up the claim of your legitimately acquired fund and legacies.

Please be informed that after the disbursement ratio of US$4.5 Billion Dollars, shared among the affected foreigners owed, this commission has approved Part payment of Five Million U.S Dollars (US$5,000,000.00) only, through payment either by.

1 BANK TO BANK KEY TESTED Telegraphic Wire Transfer (KTT), OR
2. PAYMENT BY A CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT.

So indicate your preferred mode of payment, from the above duo mode of Payment options.

Note- due to job ineptitude and another corruption of extortion of fees by the ex and current Board of directors of African banks, the West African Monetary Agency in conjunction with WORLD BANK/IMF and UNITED NATION authorities, have handed over all foreign debt payments assignments to West African Monetary Agency, Asian correspondent bank in Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia,the BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA.

Consequently you are therefore warned in your own interest to desist from honouring faxes/Telephone calls and emails that is not from this office and you should reply as a matter of urgency for the release of your fund's partial payment.

Bellow are the detailed contact information of the authorised person in charge of your Part payment File.

CONTACT HIM WITH BELOW INFORMATION:

NAME OF BANK: BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA.
PERSON TO CONTACT: MR. SANG KUANG. {DEPUTY GOVERNOR}
DIRECT TELEPHONE: + 601 669 877 52

YOURS FAITHFULLY.

DR. A . A PETERS {DIRECTOR }
WEST AFRICAN MONETARY AGENCY
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT
WAMA LIAISON OFFICE,COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
WEBSITE: www.amao-wama.org

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