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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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Fraud email example:

From: "N.I.B" <sethowa24@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: silva.richard61@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 22:18:52 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: NATIONAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU (N.I.B)


 
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU (N.I.B)
PLOT 53 BLOCK 26 IDOWU MARTINS
VICTOTIA ISLAND LAGOS.
E-MAIL ADDRESS:jones1945@hotmail.com
STATIONARY TELEPHONE NUMBER:+2347044478363
Attention:
 
The reason why I have not contacted you since all this while is for the fact that before the
Christmas holiday I discovered a lot of discrepancies in your payment file and a change of
ownership of beneficiary’s Account details as the NEXT OF KIN by
One Mr. Thomas Andrashazy of Hungary. In my verification, I discovered that Mr. Thomas
submitted his Bank Account details where he wants us to transfer the same money claiming to
be the rightful beneficiary of this fund.
 Thus is the Account information he submitted to the CBN Foreign Operations Department:
 
Beneficiary: Mr.Thomas Andrashazy
Banking Details:
Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank
Address: Vaciutca 38H-1056 Budapest Hungary
Tel: 361-269-0922
Fax: 361-269-0959
Telex #: 22-6941 EXTRH.
Account #: Thomas Andrashazy PS 6513005657
Account Name: Thomas Andrashazy
 
With this latest development, actually this prompted me to call the CBN board of Directors
for a round table meeting which we held this morning you know that we the Government
officials; we are protecting our reputable image in our Country and cannot do anything
without due consultations of concerned Authorities.
 
Meanwhile, this is the outcome of our meeting; I thank God because you are a very lucky Man,
as the meeting was going on, on how to sought out the matter, the Accountant General of the
Federation just came in and we tabled the matter to him which made him to request that I
should show him the payment files which I did. After he had gone through the files he
pointed out that according to his observations/ findings, he said that we should tell you to
go ahead and swear an Affidavit with the Federal High Court because he found out that your
names appeared 14 times in the payment file, while Mr. Thomas names appeared only three
times. But you have to do this before Mr. Thomas will be advised by his colleague to go and
swear an affidavit before you because he might have had an insider in the CBN. The
Accountant General urged me to contact you as soon as possible to enable you do the right
thing at the right time as to obtain your payment without further delay.
 
You must come down to Nigeria to swear the Affidavit of claim with the Federal High Court
before this fund can be transferred to your account without any further hindrance. This
latest development is to update our records, as the Federal Government will not be liable to
any wrongful transfer. Alternatively, if you cannot be able to come down yourself, you have
to take CBN Accredited Attorney who will stand on your behalf and swear the Affidavit.
I hope you trust the above in order.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Dr.Jones Tom.
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU (N.I.B)
E-MAIL ADDRESS:jones1945@hotmail.com

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