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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. Donald Ebere" <mr.donalde@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:27:32 +0300
Subject: FROM LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
7 ST JOHNS HILL,SW 11 1TN,
LONDON OFFICE UK .
TELL: +447031982162

ATTN: Beneficiary,

RE: REMINDER OF YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT OF USD$ 12.7 MILLION

I hereby write to remind you of your outstanding payment of USD$ 12.7 Million which has been on our custody for a while now. As the year runs to an end, we are as well round off with our final financial quota for this fiscal year and as such you have to be reminded of your approved and certified payment due to you legally.


The board of directors and management board held meeting yesterday and it was agreed upon that all payment should be made to every clients that are yet to receive their payments, of which you fall into such category of clients. The board of directors and management board has come up with the latest policy which state that all legal beneficiary are compel to forward the personal detail for proper documentation of their payment file in order to facilitate their payment without any further delay.

And you are going to pay for the delivery fee only.

You are hereby compelled to furnish this reputable office with your full detail and it must be to the best of your knowledge, below are the required details of yours:


Your full name:
Your mobile phone, fax number:…………
Your valid residential address:
Your occupation:…………………………
Your company name and your position there:………
Your marital status:……………
Your age:
Your id

I urge you to forward this above information to this officer with immediate effect for the onward payment of your fund without delays of any form. I need you to understand that your fund has been investigated by this honorable organization and it has been certified and cleared to be your fund indeed, all we need from you to proceed is what I have stated above.

Endeavour to tell me in your feed back in order to fine tune ways to assist you, because this issue were raised in our meeting and it has been agreed that we can be of assistance in such issues. Your mobile phone number is highly needed for further prompt information as it’s very vital to keep you informed. I also need you to understand that as soon as you make the payment you have, then the diplomats will depart immediately to your location and it will be delivered to your doorstep and you have to sign for it

Thanks.

Mr. Donald Ebere
SECRETARY GENERAL
E-MAIL: mr.donalde@yahoo.com
TELL: +447031982162

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