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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: "Mr Thadeus Ackman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <private.desk@cantv.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:08:27 -0800
Subject: Re: Payment Compensation Notice

Attn: Lucky Beneficiary,
 
We wish to draw your attention to this circular notice concerning the issue of your payment which has not yet been received by your good-self do to some obvious reasons.This message is from the Mr Thadeus Ackman head of Financial reconciliation control commission in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS).We have been working tirelessly towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in part of Africa With the help of FBI and CIA of United States Government and the United Nations.Recently,We have been able to track down 380 suspects both men and women  in various parts of African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA BOKINA-FASO,COTE 'D IVOIRE AND SOUTH AFRICA )and they are all in our custody with ecowas prison to face their judgement according to the law.We have been able to recover so much money and properties worth of 68Million Dollars from these scam artists looted from foreigner including you.
The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 20 Lucky victims.It is very disappointing some dubious people in most African and European  countries has using the advantage of internet to make their way of making money thereby making it difficult for legitimate and corporate individual/organizations to gain proper recognition.The government are fully aware about so many fake documents in circulation various financial institutions and we have also noticed allot of mis-representations by beneficiaries most of them a times turns out to be false claim  which is a worldwide epidemic rampaging the globe, our government on its part has taken appropriate measure to fight against this scourge.we also have anti corruption related laws which are positively in force aimed at fighting all sort of fraudulent malpractices.
 
 
 
This email is being directed to you because your email address and other valid information was found in one of the scam suspect's file and computer hard disk in our custody and with the information recovered during our interrogation,we notice that you are one of the victim huge amount of money was paid by you in a wrong hand while pursing this fund.However,It is certain that problems and difficult times are sure to come our way, at one time or the other, as long as we remain flesh and blood. But having the understanding that our condition, at anytime in life, is never our portion for a lifetime gives us the strength to press on.We are very glad to inform you that the good government has decided to compensate you with a little token to recover the lost of your fund during the time of your dealing with this dubious people. You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $3.5Million Dollars only.
 
Since your name appeared among the 20 lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation of US$3.5Million, we have made arrangement to release this total sum through our new method of payment with the help of world bank and we can give you further details concerning to this development,there is every need for us to assist you further to obtain a valid payment clearance of fund Origin Clearance which will indicate the source of fund.You don't have anything to worry about this clearance hence the appropriate concern agency has taken care of the issuance fees.All we need from you is your contact address and name to be use to obtain the clearance on your behalf from the agency and submit to the bank for payment.
 
Finally, it is true that situation of most Africa countries now worrisome,the new government in conjunction with the "ICPC" is doing great for fighting hard against cyber crimes and all other fraudulent activities.You are advised to act swiftly and accordingly. please do acknowledge receipt of this email notification as it is of great import that you do so for your own benefit.
 
 
We once again apologize to you for all that has happened to you in the past years and we use this means to apologize to you all.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Thadeus Ackman
General Counse

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