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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: "Info" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ppayments2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2080 08:21:41 -0800
Subject: INFORMATION

ATTN BENEFIARY.

This message is from office of the President Federal Republic Of Nigeria. we want to inform you that we are working according to your instruction regards to your $12musd fund release to your next of Kin as you instruct us to do. right now we have arrange for the release of the said fund $12MUSD to your Next Of Kin (JENIFER MOORE) as you direct us and she is right here in Nigeria to pay all the necessary fee and indorse her signature for the final release of the fund tomorrow morning so we decide to inform you that every thing is working according to your instruction and by tommorrow the fund $12musd will be release to Jenifer Moore because she submited the change of ownership certificate with your signature from you that we should go ahead and release the $12musd to her as your Next Of Kin . right now Jenifer Moore was in Nigeria today to submit her passport and Bank account details include the clearance fee of $200 and the President Of Nigeria (DR EBELE GOODLUCK JONATHAN ) have given order to zenith Bank Ni

Below is the bank address order to release the $12musd to Jenifer Moore.

Bank Manager; DR TONY ISIKA
TEL; +2348055460435
Email; zenithpaybank@gmail.com

Thanks
Dr Ralph Dike
Special Adviser to president.

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