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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.Farida Waziri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsfaridawaziri12@rocketmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 21:55:55 -0700
Subject: FRAUD ALERT!!! OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION FROM THE DESK OF: M


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.


MOTTO: NO BODY IS ABOVE THE LAW.

FROM THE DESK OF: MRS FARIDA NZAMBER WAZIRI
ATTN: TO WHOM HE MAY CONCERN

RE: BE CAREFUL OF THE HUDLOOMS

Following the recent broadcast of the president and the commander in chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria during the visit to the America President Mr. Barrack Obama, his speech to the united nation, couple with recommendation and resolution of his last visit to Africa, British, and the UNGA United Nations General Assembly in New York), a total sum of $2.8 Billion has been mapped out by the SENATE to settle all outstanding foreign debts owned to contractor this year.
It has therefore become imperative for us to explore our options for reducing our debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels. On the order of the president as a mark of his reconciliation and image laundering exercise toward sanitizing the battered image of the federal republic of Nigeria abroad.
I am Mrs.Farida Waziri Chairman Economic And Financial Crime Commission, a committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the able President Goodluck Jonathan.
The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate,verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign contractors whose payment is overdue.
During the last military dictatorship of Late General Sani Abacha, many abnormalities had happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Commercials Bank of Nigeria where some top official of the apex Bank collaborate with impostors and abandon our contractor half way with levies and taxes. Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president, ordering the above office to settle all genuine contractors whose debts has been outstanding for a long time now.
These are those who has shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, And we wish to inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions. But the reasons why your own Transfer has to be delayed is because,there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr.James P. Mitchell, who is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund, in his bank account in United State of America. So here comes the big question. Did you sign any Deed of Assignment in favor of Mr. James P. Mitchell,thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details:
NAME: Mr. James P. Mitchell
Tel : 206-426-1751
Bank Name : First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust
Bank Address :111 E. Main,suite 100 Decatur,IL. 62523
Account Name: James Mitchell
Account Number : 9338443
Routing Number :07-1102076
If you did not sign, nor authorize Mr. James P. Mitchell to receive your payment on your behalf, kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account details, to avoid making payment to a wrong person, attempt to divert your payment to a new account without your knowledge may have been done by your local representative with the assistance of some (Commercials Bank of Nigeria) Officials, of whom most of them are presently under our custody and will face prosecution under section 35A sub section 1-2-4 of the criminal code of Nigeria, pending on when we finish with our investigation.
This office is glad to inform you that your payment shall be made as soon as this information needed from you is submitted, either by Telegraphic Transfer or by international Certified Bank Draft. We are sorry to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made it clear to all foreign contractors whose payment is overdue, to be paid immediately hence all the modality relating to the release of your contract fund had been completed. You are advised to stop any further communication with your local representative(s) any officials (s) department of the CBN or Union Bank or any Government parastatal. This is to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment.
This office supersedes every other department in the CBN ,every other banks in Nigeria and correspondence bank abroad and is thus responsible for the final payment. The consequences of not heeding to this warning would be yours. Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from you illegally and i wish to list them so that you will personally indicate them by writing back because we want to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them.
The names of the Imposters that have been arrested are as follows:
1)Dr.ken in U S A
2) PROF CHARLES SOLODO
3) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI
4)DR. R.RASHEED
5) BARRISTER AWELE
6)BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.
7) DR. HANZ MUSSA
UNION BANK (NIGERIA) PLC
8)Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi
9)Mr Eric William
Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member
10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member
11)MR CUPPA ACOKA.FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
12) PASTOR GUMBS
13) PASTOR DESMOND
14) MR GEORGE PETERS
15) NUHU RIBADU
The above listed names are been traced based on investigated by our team and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is cough according to the law of the federal republic of Nigeria and will be liable to a jail term for 25 years(twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constitution of Nigeria under section of criminal law.
So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to the your fund if yes don't waste time to indicate it immediately.
We apologize on behalf of the President and the good citizens of Nigeria for any delay and lost this most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again.And if you are dealing with any Impostor regarding to your payment we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big as your fund in the total sum $6.5MUSD (Six Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) is now with the WEMA BANK NIGERIA PLC a commercial recently approved by the Presidency to fulfill all foreign payments.
Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not come from this office.
Best Regards,
MRS FARIDA NZAMBER WAZIRI
CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C)



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