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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: " DAVID ALECHENU BONAVENTURE MARK"<test@hlink.cn>
Reply-To: <mdavid979@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:42:15 -0700
Subject: FROM SENATE PRESIDENT

Top of the day to you
 
I, The Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, DAVID ALECHENU BONAVENTURE MARK (GCFR) in Conjunction with the new appointed EFCC Director, Mr. Ibrahim
Lamorde, with also the FBI Director Washington D.C. Robert S. Mueller, III, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and also the United Nation held a meeting last
week concerning the liquidation/embaslement payments, of both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds, This meeting was first held today 4th June 2012
 
 
Kindly note if you have received an email claiming to be me, Kindly confirm the name, because the EFCC alongside the FBI informed me that some imposters are parading them self’s as David mark the senate president, Please be informed that my full names are DAVID ALECHENU BONAVENTURE MARK and not only David mark, I
always put my full name in anything I do, And my deputies name is Senator Ike Ekwewmadu, and I guess these imposters are not aware of that fact.
 
To know more about me kindly visit
http://www.nass.gov.ng/nass/portfolio/profile.php?id=sen.david.mark
 
Before the meeting, we discovered that some payment files was not properly treated and paid, also we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, and that you might be in contact with people claiming to work for this reputable office. We advise you to immediately stop contact with them for your own good,
You have been properly warned to avoid been scammed. At this juncture, we apologize for the liquidation/embaslement and delay of your contract payment by the Ex-officials of the Nigerian Government and please stop communicating with any of them now and give attention to the appointed office below for you to
receive your payment accordingly.
 
Your Release Code is (IMF-UN-WB-FMF-002972)
 
However, I wish to inform you now that your outstanding contract payment is ($6,100,000.00 Six Million & One Hundred Thousand dollars due to the imposed tax of clearance by the present government). Therefore your new Payment Reference No.-769575, Allocation No: 855757 Password No: 84948 , Pin Code No: 55674 and
your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , CBN Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013,
 
Having received these vital payment numbers, you are qualified now to received and confirm your payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria between this date to next week, please you are advise you to get back to me with the below details for cross-examination of your payment file by this office and the FBI
Head Quaters in Washington D.C.
 
Name:
Address
Direct Number
 
NOTE: FBI has mounted their Internet Crime security network to monitor every in-coming calls and emails that we have with you, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating you for
years, I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately, Get back urgently as we need to conclude this once and for all.
 
Best Regards
DAVID ALECHENU BONAVENTURE MARK (Senate President)
Federal Republic Nigeria

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