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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: "Director.Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo Iweala" <officeiice@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: n_n_d_c_s_customers_care_office@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:57:28 +1100
Subject: Re;Good Day Sir Kindly Get Back To Me Urgent.



YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT ORDER
RE;FROM WORLD BANK PAYMENT OF SWITZERLAND
Urgent Calling Number;
Tel;+447045707655.
Director.Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
n_n_d_c_s_customers_care_office@yahoo.com

Sir.We are sorry that you could not receive your past
years overdue
payment Of 92.5usmdollars which was map out as your
part fund payment
from the correspondent paying bank Due to network
problem in there branch office bank where your details
were deleted as Next of kin of late deceased who die in
heart decease A Contractor in oil company we try to
recover your email id address for your immediate fund
release payment we need such as your full bank account
information / phone / address/ and it was agreed upon
today by committee members of the World bank to release
your total fund in our bank which have been re ti file
to your advice that you should resend to this bank
again your full information of your account,before this
fund will be froze with world bank instruction above to
an able our bank contact correspondent bank in your
country to wire your payment through electronic
transfer to your account which send by you,also can use
any account like your son/ sister / brother/friend who
you trust bank account can be used if you wish to use
making your fund over due payment even through ATM
payment is allow to enable you will drew your fund or
access your fund in any part of the world
Note;the information is both your(Bank account/Age /
Address /Occupation /Direct contact,phone
number/name/pass-port,
Reply To This Bank Email.
n_n_d_c_s_customers_care_office@yahoo.com

Kindly also responsible for payment
above this contact address;
Thanks and Remain Bless.
Director.Mrs.Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
>From World bank payment Order
I will attach;my id for your rightful confirmation.



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