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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: "Senate Committee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office_payment@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:52:23 -0700
Subject: We have found out why you have not received you fund.

The Resolution Panel
Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance
Aso Rock Villa ? FCT, Abuja
office_payment@yahoo.cn
 
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your file and found out why you have not received your overdu payment.
 
This occasioned is due to the fact that you have not fulfilled the due obligations given to you in respect to your payment.Secondly, we have an information that you are still dealing with some greedy officials here in an attempt to secure the release of your fund.
 
We wish to formally advise you that such an illegal act has to stop - if you wish to receive your payment since a solution to your problem has been liberated upon by the committee.
 
We have arranged your payment to be made through our swift payment center - FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE Regional office - this is the latest instruction from the presidency in conjunction with the FBI.
 
We also received an e-mail from a Lady called (Mrs. Vicky Moore) stated that she is your younger sister, she told our office that you have given her permission to claim your fund value of USD1,600,000,00 Dollars as part payment of your total sum, We would like to know and to confirm if you are the one that gave her the power of claim, if yes, kindly provide a letter of claim from a chief judge or from a reputable attorney in your country before we can release your fund to her, if no? you are to quickly inform this office to avoid wrongful delivery of your fund which has been programmed by the Senate Committee,on resolution to pay all Foreign fund still in our custody.
 
The swift  payment center of the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE NIGERIA has made an arrangment on how your total amount of $1,600,000:00[ONE MILLION SIX Hundred Thousand US Dollars] will be Delivered to you via Diplomatic Delivery or through Bank transfer,Kindly notify this office ASAP if you will like to receive your fund through any of this arrangement designed by the committee.
 
Your fund as been kept in a reputable security company here in Nigeria during our investigation on the cause of the delay of geting your fund.
We have confirmed that the amount required to procure the Approval Slip will cost you a total sum of $155 USD which will be paid directly to the payment office. Below, you shall find contact details of the Agent whom will process your transaction:
 
Re-confirm and send the following information to the coordinator:
1. Full Names:
2. Residence address :
3. Telephone/Fax number:
4. Age:
 
The contact information of the Pay Master General Office is as
Mr. Wilson Olamide
Email: office_payment@yahoo.cn
 
The foreign payment center of the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE NIGERIA has been mandated to issue out your  $1,600,000:00[ONE MILLION SIX Hundred Thousand Dollars] payment as soon as posible.It will be in your best interest to stop all furthercommunication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any bottleneck or hitches in receiving your payment.
 
Note: Due to activities of impostors, we hereby issue you our 'Transaction Code' WDSC331 NG. Bear in mind that you will be required to indicate this code [WDSC331 NG] in any/all correspondence with this office Payment Center by using it as your subject line for prompt attention to your application.
 
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Note:
 
All reply should be forwarded to the pay master office, you are hereby advised to contact the Pay Master General Office via the below email address
Contact: Mr. Wilson Olamide
Email:  office_payment@yahoo.cn
 
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Best regards,
Senator Owoyale Victoria
Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance
Aso Rock Villa ? FCT, Abuja

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