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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.Sekinat Ribadu (Hon.)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inter_remittance3@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:10:30 -0700
Subject: Immediate Release Of Your Payment.

Attention

This message is coming from the senate president of the federal republic of Nigeria, after the meeting held with the new president of the federal republic of Nigeria DR. Jonathan Good luck, regarding all foreign payments, both in Nigeria and outside country, as the senate president, I have been mandated to handle all the foreign payments.

However, we have got allot of reports about your payment which you have been pursuing for so many years now, but to no avail, we know that allot of people have used the name of the top officials of the Nigeria government to defraud you, also so many people have claimed to be managers of different banks here in Nigeria, to swindle money from you.

We are very much aware of these things, and we are working on it seriously to put a stop to all this mess, as the payment Director i have set security everywhere, regarding payment in Nigeria, I have decided to bring all foreign payments, both inheritance payment and contract payment to my desk, so that I will take a good look of all this payment problems, I am cognizance of the fact that you have lost allot of money in the past in pursuance of your payment.

Have it in mind that the total sum of your fund we saw from the original inheritance payment file is (5,000,000.00) Five Million Dollars, we assured you that you are going to receive this payment, through our ATM Master Card that will be sent to your door step over there in your country.kindly responding back to this message, this is a message that will bring back good life to your life, also to start a new beginning, all this ordeal you have gone through will come to an end if only you can believe, note that he that laugh last laugh best.

Call me for more discussion on my direct telephone number: 234-8078900964.

Finally, do not disclose this payment to anybody, because we are very much aware that you have been dealing with unscrupulous elements for a long time, we do not want them to have any idea of this payment method, to avoid hackers getting information of this payment.

Do reconfirm your information and send to my office inter_remittance3@yahoo.cn .

(1) Your Full Name:
(2)Contact Address:
(3)Age:
(4)Phone &mobile:
(5)Occupation:
(6) Personal Identification.Drivers license or International Passport.

Thanks.

Mrs.Sekinat Ribadu (Hon.)
Secretary to the Presidency

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