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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: "Mrs. Grace Nwamma" <dgd-----usi12@att.net>
Reply-To: capital.customerervice.trust23@ozu.es
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:23:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN PAYMENTS




FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN PAYMENTS

Asorock Villa Annex office, Lagos-Nigeria





Attn: BENEFICIARY



First we must apologize for the delay in releasing your funds. We have

been able to confirm that Mr. Tim Mallett was not sent by you rather by

some of the officials of the Central Bank to claim your payment with

confirmed information. Note that your payment is ready and will be released

immediately by our payment center in USA.



To this effect we wish to inform you that the above office has carried out

a careful investigation regarding your claim for the immediate payment of

US$27,900,000.00 (Twenty Seven Million Nine Hundred Thousand US Dollars)

only to your account. We spoke with our US Payment office this morning

regarding your payment and have asked them to pay to your account from our

reserve account with them since all efforts to pay you from our local banks

here have failed due to the fraudulent practices of some of the officials

here in Africa.



As you are aware, several claims have been laid on the same payment by Mr.

Tim Mallett and other foreigners stating that you instructed them to

receive the funds on your behalf but after our careful investigation, we

have found out that Mr. Tim Mallett was employed by a Nigerian to steal the

$27.9M from you with a forgery later falsely signed by you. He went ahead

to inform the Government of Nigeria through the Central Bank that you were

dead.



We have had several meeting with the Board of Directors of the Central

Bank of Nigeria and have come to a conclusion that your payment should be

released with immediate effect to your account to avoid any further double

claim.



We have approved seven (7) names of the beneficiaries whose payments are

ready and your name appeared third on the list of the beneficiaries that

will be paid within the next 24 hours. The office of the President in

conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria have decided that all payments

be made via our offshore payment office in the United States of America.

This is because of the inability of the local Bank releasing the said funds

immediately due to the restrictions placed on some of the African Banks

since the World Financial crisis began.



Our US payment office has already been instructed to carry out transfer of

the above amount to your account once you have contacted them. We sincerely

apologize for any inconveniences we may have caused you also know that some

of the officials of Nigeria are fraudsters who try to cheat you out of your

money and because of this, we decided that there will be NO dealings with

the Nigerian offices until you have received your funds. It is based on

this that we contacted our paying office in USA to assist us carry out

these transfers to the approved beneficiaries.



We once again apologize for the delay as we have been working on the

payment and verifying Mr. Tim Mallettðí claim.



You are advised to immediately complete the Payment Processing Form below;

1:Beneficiary Name..................................

2:Beneficiary address..........................

3:Beneficiary Telephone No................................

4:Beneficiary Fax NO............................

5:Beneficiary Bank............................

6:Bank Address............................

7:Bank Telephone NO..............................

8:Bank Fax

NO.....................................................

9:Account NO.............................

10:Routing No......................

11:Amount in Words.....................

12:Contract Amount:...........................

Scan copy of your international passport or driver licence:



As soon as you fill it, send a copy to my mail and forward it directly to

our payment office in New York USA with the following details below:



FUND TRANSFER MONITORING UNIT

2nd Floor Federal Reserve Bank Building,

33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045-0001 USA

Email: paulsounders1@ozu.es or

Email: paulsounders@ozu.es



Attn: Mr. Kelvin B. Peck



The above office will process and immediately release your funds within

the next 24 hours and upon receipt of your funds, do reconfirm to us for

record purposes. Immediately complete the attached form and forward to the

paying office above for your payment to be released to you. We are thanking

you for your understanding and believe you will use this opportunity to

help us serve you better.



Yours faithfully,



Mrs. Grace Nwamma,

For: Mr. James Okwe,

Director Foreign Payments,

Office of the President on Foreign payments,

Asorock Villa Annex office,

Lagos-Nigeria

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