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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: "Brian Willie" <musaibrahim2257@rediff.com>
Reply-To: musaibrahim2256@rediff.com
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:30 -0500
Subject: Contact us for details immediately

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT (OBN)
OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA PLC.
DATE: 02/20/2012


Attention: Beneficiary
This is to officially inform you that we the international credit settlement
of Oceanic International Bank Plc Nigeria has verified your
contract/inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your
payment is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in
respect of your contract/inheritance payment. Secondly we have been informed
that for you not to deal with the non officials in the bank and your entire
attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that
such an illegal act like these have to stop if you wish to receive your
payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment
center Asia pacific that is the latest instruction from our President Dr.
Jonathan Goodluck Ebelle (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA . AND EFCC
CHAIRMAN Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde , which will not involve any fraudlent act or
money laundering and because the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA is running for
final payment of the year thats the order is given, As well as the INTERPOL
and FBI in conjuction with HOMELAND SECURITY .This card center will send
you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE
in any part of the world, but the maximum is twenty thousand dollars per
day, so if you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by
getting back to me via email.


Contact Name: Dr. Musa Ibrahim

Email address: musaibrahim2256@rediff.com

And also send the following information:

1. Your full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the atm card
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification


The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out $4,600,000.00 as
part payment for this fiscal year 2012. Also for your information, you have
to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to
avoid any hitches in receiving your Payment. For oral discussion, email us
back as soon as you receive this important message for further direction and
also update us on any development from the above-mentioned office.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,
which is (ATM-213) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the
card center by using it as your subject.



CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

REGARDS,


BRIAN WILLIE.
DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC.

CC: ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDSCC:
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORCC:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD] CC:
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA

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