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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: "DR LAMIDO SANSUI" <contactfor.service@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drjames.ezego1500@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:33:10 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION BENEFICIARY(YOUR PAYMENT IS READY)

THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR


RE: IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT #:V/NINIC/FGN/MIN/00

Attn:Beneficiary,

After our meeting today concerning your unclaimed fund in this Apex bank,
I was instructed to contact by the board of directors and the senate
committee on foreign matters.

Before I proceed, I decided to stop communication with you because you
have always doubted all my words which I gave to you and decide to follow
the instructions of hoodlums and impersonators who are only interested in
extorting money out from you and use you as their prey. I want to ask you
a question and do not be offended “since you stop communication with me
and prefer to follow the impostors rather than me, have you finally
received your fund? Is there any hope that you will receive the fund in
near future if you continue to follow their instructions?

The board and senate committee has been asking me why I returned your fund
to the Government reserve account without your knowledge and I have given
them the reason, to allow you follow the hoodlums and know what the
outcome will be and to see if you will follow my instructions this time.

Anyway, I decided to contact you and to alert you on the status of your
fund, during our meeting today on the round-table with the Presidency and
senate president including the Minister for Finance, I have been advised
to contact and to make sure that your fund is transferred to you before
the closure of the payment system in no distance time. The ball is now in
your court as I have been advised to allow you choose the way the fund can
be getting to you which will be easy for you and stress free which are as
follows:

1) Do you authorize me to continue in the Swift wire transfer process,
if you choose that, you will be needed to come down here to sign your
original hard copies and if you will be unable to come, I can dispatch the
documents to your doorstep through a certified courier company which will
cost $890

2) Can the fund be sent to you through diplomatic process? There letting
the fund into a trunk box as a consignment which will be declared as a
family treasure in other for the customs not to intervene into the
consignment box which will be sent to your doorstep by the diplomatic
means which will cost $4,600

3) Can you travel to London so that we can re-lodge the fund to our
affiliate bank, whereby you will be there in present and witness the
transfer of your fund in your presence? If yes you will be going there
with charge of $6,700 to witness transferred in bank.

4) We can also package the funds in an ATM card and deliver it to your
doorstep and this will cost $550 only.

These details and update was instructed and given during the round-table
meeting held hours ago and you are requested to comply and respond to this
letter as urgent as possible.

Strictly follow my instructions.
Thanks for your anticipation and understanding.
Yours Sincerely,
DR.OLAMIDO SANSUI
Executive Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria.









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