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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: "MFA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cn.citi.nig@9.cn>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:32:12 +0700
Subject: MFA = Scam Victims Important Information

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Federal Republic of Nigeria
Maputo Street
off Abidjan Street
Wuse Zone 3,
P.M.B. 130, Garki
Abuja.

Our Ref: FGN/MFA/CitiBank/2011 (1/1).
Subject: Scam Victims Latest Information


Dear Sir/Madam

This is to inform you that the compensation fund of the ongoing Compensation Program organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria valued at $20,000 per victim has been increased to $50,000 per victim with the support of The World Bank Group after a meeting held between the World Bank representatives and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The compensation funds were deposited at Citibank Nigeria Limited (CN) by the Federal Government of Nigeria in care of Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to compensate every scam victims and the transfer will be handled by Citibank Nigeria Limited (Citi Nigeria) as instructed by the Federal Government of Nigeria so you do not need to pay any transfer fee or whatsoever and the funds have also been insured to avoid unnecessary deductions.

If truly you have been scammed you are required to send your NAME and ADDRESS to Citibank Nigeria Limited for verification and after verification if truly you have sent money to Nigeria in the course of getting those huge funds they are promising you that means you have been scammed because you will surely not get them.

***The means of verification is via Western Union and MoneyGram, if truly you have sent money to Nigeria your name will be in their database***

Send your NAME and ADDRESS for verification to any of the two (2) email addresses listed below set up by Citibank Nigeria Limited (CN) for this compensation purpose only:

Email1: cn-citi-nig@9.cn
Email2: cn.citi.nig@9.cn


Please do not respond to email which asks you to send your username and password for any reason and also take note that we have never held any scam victims compensation program in Nigeria. This is the First-Of-Its-Kind. Do not be deceived!


Yours sincerely,
Miss. Mariam Owoyemi
(Public Relations Officer)
Oversea Communication Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Nigeria.
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We sincerely apologies for all the damages you must have gone through in the hand of Nigerian fraudsters. We are Projecting favorably the image of the government and people of Nigeria locally and internationally through a proactive mechanism (in line with global best practices) of informing, enlightening and educating Nigerians and the International Community about Nigeria.
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