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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: PRESIDENCY <vndydaniel@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: vndydaniel46@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:21:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PAYMENT NOTICE


Office of the President










From: Mr. Victor Daniels










Director Foreign Payments,










Office of the President on Foreign payments










 










Date: 21/10/2011










To: Beneficiary,










 










Re: Inquiry to Release Your Overdue Payment










 










This is to
draw your attention that The Office of the President and the Federal
Executive council this last quarter has authorized us to effect every
outstanding payment without delay and the amount due to be remitted in
this first installment is $6.500, 000.00, The only problem is that we
detected lot of irregularities associated with your transfer and we will
appreciate if you answer the following questions.










 










These two
gentlemen namely Mr. Herbert Dean and Mr. Scone Anderson submitted an
application letter that you authorized your fund to be paid into their
account of Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) with Account number UBS-
A943BDG99 with a report that you are now incapacitated as a result of
the ghastly motor accident, you had some months back.










 










After
processing the application of these gentlemen which they made known to
us that they came from you, they succeeded in getting some required
documents in making sure that we process the transfer as quickly as
possible without any further delay. The delay in transferring the funds
is due to the request for a power of attorney authorizing them to pursue
this payment on your behalf. They asked us for a week so as to submit
the document, but up till now we have not received any of the documents
from any of you. Reconfirm to us if all these arrangement is authorized
by you.










 










If you are not the one authorising these two gentle men, then send your detailed information immediately as follows:










 










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










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










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










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










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










 










Further details will be giving to you upon your response.










 










Yours Faithfully,










 










Mr. Victor Daniels










Director Foreign Payments,










Office of the President on Foreign payments










Direct Telephone +234-8027032824.

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