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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.connectveronicaamadi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:00:43 +0100
Subject: SENATE:URGENT IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE SECRETARY,                                   CC: THE DIRECTOR,
OFFICE OF THE SENATE,                                                                      INTERNATIONAL REMITT  DEPT,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.                                                    CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
CONTRACT /INHERITANCE RELEASE ORDSER.                                   DR, MRS VERONICA AMADI.
REF: NIG/SEN/021/11RC              
 
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,
YOUR Ref NO: 35460021
 
 
 
 
AUTHORITY FOR INHERITANCE CONTRACT PAYMENT RELEASE.
WE HAVE BEEN MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY TO CONTACT YOU AND INFORM YOU ABOUT YOUR FUNDED ATM CARD OF TWENTY ONE MILLION US-DOLLARS ($21, 000, 000USD) ON YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE PAYMENT,
 
YOU MAY BE SURPRISE, WHY YOU ARE BEEN CONTACTED, WE HAD A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR FROM RUSSIA IN 1990, WHO HELD A CONTRACT JOB OF $36 MILLION US-DOLLARS HERE IN NIGERIA ON ROAD CONTRACTIONS AND CULVIT DRAINAGE TUNNELS, CONTRACT ON OUR MAJOR CITY HERE IN LAGOS STATES NIGERIA,
 
ACCORDING OUR RECORDS AND BALANCE SHEET OF FOREIGN CONTRACTORS, A PART PAYMENT OF $15 MILLION US-DOLLARS WAS PAID TO HIM, FEW MONTHS AFTER HER WIFE DEAD AND HE FINISHED HIS CONTRACT AND RELOCATED TO AN UNSPECIFIED LOCATION, OUT OF NIGERIA, WITHOUT ANY TRACE, OR PERSONAL INFORMATIONS.
SINCE THEN ALL ATTEMPT TO REACH HIM WAS VOID, UNTIL WE WENT THROUGH HIS BID OF CONTRACT RECORDS AND FOUND OUT THAT YOU ARE HIS NEXT OF KINS, SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOU ARE BEEN CONTACTED.
 
THE FEDERAL PRESIDENCY OF NIGERIA WISHES TO COMPANSATE ALL PAST CONTRACTORS WHO WORKED HARD TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREAT NATION AND ALSO PAY ALL UNFINISHED CONTRACTORS.
 
THEREFORE, WE WISH TO CALL ON YOU TO RECONFIRM YOUR IDENTIFICATION DETAILS FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE FUND VALUE OF $21.000.000 US DOLLARS.
NAMES:
ADDRESS:
PERSONAL MOBILE CONTACT:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
 
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS, WE WILL CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY AND LEAD YOU TO THE NEXT STEP ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR FUND.
 
THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA WISHES TO APOLOGIES OVER THE DELAY IN CONTACTING YOU, AND PROMISE TO PAY YOU COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY DELAY IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK, UPON THE CONFIRMATIONS OF YOUR IDENTITY INFORMATIONS
 
WAITS YOUR URGENT REPLY AND ACCEPTANCE OF OUR APPOLOGIES.
THANK YOU AND BEST REGARD TO YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
 
 
 
YOURS TRULY,
DR MRS VERONICA AMADI
KTT DEPARTMENT.
CENTRAL REMITTANCE BANK OF NIGERIA.
 
 
             AUTHORIZATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENCY AND SENATES.
 
This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, pleasereturn the message to the Office of senate Federal Republic of Nigeria by replying to it and then delete themessage from your computer.
Internet e-mails are notnecessarily secured. Office of senate Federal Republic of Nigeria does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent.
 
Whilst allreasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, itis the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onwardtransmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments willnot adversely affect its systems or data.
 
No responsibility is accepted by Office of senate Federal Republic of Nigeria in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate.
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Copyright © 2011 Office of senate Federal Republic of Nigeria.
 

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