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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: "OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY,ABUJA." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revmathewhassankukah1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:51:33 -0700
Subject: CODED PRESIDENTIAL PAYMENT/CALL FOR YOUR PAYMENT.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT

ASO- ROCK VILLA, ABUJA (F.C.T)

Date: 20thMarch, 2012

>From The Desk of the President:
DR. Good Luck E, Jonathan.
Email: drgoodluckjonathan.asorock@gmail.com



RE: CONTACT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTIONS PAYMENT COMMITTEE FRO YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF APPROVED SUM OF US$4.5MILLION ONLY.

Dear Sir.

Due to scattering and damming reports and complaints from various funds beneficiaries of extortion and scams from illegal Government Officials and fake Bank Officials from Nigeria here and outside claiming to represent the Nigerian Government for the release of your Inheritance/Contract/Lotto funds and based on an appeal from the United States President and the United Nations Secretary General to me i have decided to set up a Presidential Interventions Payment Committee that will release and pay your approved sum of US$4.5Million only (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) which is part payment of your funds as the balance will be spread in the next quarter of the year,as am writing to you now the above sum has been made available to the committee for your urgent payment as it has already been approved by the Nigerian National Assembly as a case of emergency,i have yesterday inaugurated the committee and your payment file has been submitted to the for final Verificatio!
ns and payments within 72hours aft

Note that i decided to write to you directly because of the urgency of this notice and its genuineness,henceforth the Central Bank of Nigeria/Federal Ministry of Finance/and Local banks in Nigeria has been stopped from administering your payment as your funds will be directly released and administered to you ONLY by the Presidential Interventions Payment Committee under the Chairmanship of Rev.Mathew Hassan Kukah,the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Province,i choose this clergyman because of his integrity and uprightness hence he is the only person that will do the job now without blemish and complaint of scam or fraud by any beneficiary.so you are as a matter of urgency contact him with the below details for your prompt payment and as well advise him how you want to be paid your above approved sum hence he is in charge.

CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTIONS PAYMENT COMMITTEE.
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REV.MATHEW HASSAN KUKAH.
EMAIL ID: revmathewhassankukah@hotmail.com
TELEPHONE:234-8090718221.
POSITION: CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTIONS PAYMENT COMMITTEE.

Furthermore note that the above clergy is officially in charge of releasing your Inheritance/Contract funds as i have mandated him to act on my behalf as the President and Commander In Chief of The Federal Republic of Nigeria,whatever instructions he gave you please follow and adhere to it with delays,Rev.Mathew Kukah will release your PRESIDENTIAL PAYMENT TRANSFER CODE which qualifies for this payment as the rightful beneficiary of the above approved sum,with PRESIDENTIAL PAYMENT TRANSFER CODE issued to you by the Committee Chairman your funds is already with you,please advise him how you want to be paid and furnish him with all your relevant details that will help his committee release your funds as he has a time frame to conclude this assignment and report back to me,you have to get in touch with him immediately before the approved funds is exhausted by his committee as many claimants will file they claims before his committee now
Update my office by email if you have any inquiries and question and after you must have been paid by the Reverend Gentleman as he is in charge as i have delegated my Presidential Powers for that all important assignments.


Yours faithfully,









DR. GOODLUCK E. JONATHAN (GCON, OFRN, MMNI, MOFRN)

President, Commander in Chief of Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria







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