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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Anthony Aku" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.administrativos@administrativos.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:06:43 +0100
Subject: PIN CODE (IMF-01011)

GI-Finance (GROUP) BENIN REPUBLIC
         (Customer service)
Address: 010, B.P COTONOU
FILE REF. NUMBER:  GIR/2001811/INCBK-OX1/11
TRANS CODE:         GIRS/VII-INCBK/11
PAYING BANK:         INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC.
AMOUNT:               US$5,500,000.00 DOLLARS.
 
Dear partner Customer,
 
 
RE: IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF YOUR LONG OVER DUE FUND.PIN CODE (IMF-01011)
 
This is to draw your attention that following my recent appointment as the new governor of the Citibank London. I held an extra ordinary meeting with the senate committee on foreign debt settlement as a result of petitions we have received from United Nations Human Rights Commissions over non settlement of debts owed to foreign contractors,foreign suppliers and probate inheritors. On cross checking your file lying before my table and ready for immediate transfer, I dictated lots of irregularities and bias data attached to your payment file and we would like to find out from you the below information.
 
1. Did you at any time delegate anybody not even from your family to claim your fund on your behalf?
 
2. Were you involved in ghastly motor accident last month?
 
3. Are you related to Thomas Baker or are he your next of kin.
 
Please confirm and answer the above question because one Mr. Thomas Baker came to our foreign payment department and submitted an application that you authorized him to be your receiver manager of your fund and transfer your long over due fund to the following account data
with Union Bank of Switzerland with account number: 065-897665532. He came with medical report that you are paralyzed following the accident you had last month.
 
Infact, after processing the transfer application form by Thomas Baker himself which he made known to us that he came from you, he succeeded in paying all the bank charges that you are suppose to pay so as to make sure that we effect this transfer payment quickly without
further delay. All duplicate copies his payment receipt is attached to your payment file. He has paid for the cost of transfer and Stamp Duties and VAT and other miscellaneous fees all amount.
 
The delay of the transfer of the fund is now from him just because we requested for a power of attorney from you duly signed by you with your letter headed paper which is the bank formality that you authorized him to receive this fund on your behalf. He asked for a week so as to
submit the power of attorney and letter of authority to our legal department but this is 1 week now and we have not received the letter of authority and the power of attorney from him nor from you. It is at this juncture that I became suspicious of his motives and actions and I
decided to contact you and verify from you if the above 3 questions are true that you are the one that authorized Thomas Baker to be your receiver manager and transfer your fund to the above account.
 
You are therefore required to contact me as soon as you receive this mail message with the confirmation of your power of attorney and letter of authority to Thomas Baker. You are also to confirm your correct payment data, the amount involved and your bank account data.
Also forward your private telephone and fax numbers and email address for efficient communications. Note that we are rounding up the 2012 2nd quarter dent offset schedule by 18TH MAY 2012 and this confirmation is the only thing delaying the transfer of the fund. Pertinence of action
 
is to your own interest. Please reply to this email address: housefinancehome@yahoo.co.th
 
Yours faithfully,
Anthony Aku
REPRESENTATIVE UNITED NATION INTERNATIONAL MONETORY FUND (UNIMF)

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