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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: "ERIC HOLDER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <erick02@e-mail.ua>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:33:16 -0700
Subject: Attorney General Eric Holder

Department of Justice
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
441 4th Street NW,
Suite 1145S,
Washington, DC 20001.

Attention Beneficiary

We received a letter with an urgent instruction from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) here in the United States of America over allegations of money laundering and terrorist related activities with Nigeria bank officials to which there is over whelming evidence of your involvement, with the report we got from (Efcc) Economic and Financial Crime Commission of Nigeria in charge of financial matters.

In view of the indicting report submitted to Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) by the new appointed chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria ((MR IBRAHIM LAMORDE) made it clearly to FBI that you did not obtain (Government Authorization Payment Certificate) (G.A.P.C)from Efcc or their government for the clearance of your fund, rather you involve your self with fake banks officials and lawyer to betray their government to get fake and forge documents to claim your fund, without recourse to rule of law, this has prompted their government to stop all payment with immediate effect and ask Economic and Financial Crime Commission to carry out the investigation with international security agency


Notice, a later dated 23-11-2011 was receive from Nigeria Government that Mrs. Farida Waziri has been sack from office as chairman of Economic and Financial Commission for abuse of office, with this notice anybody dealing with Mrs. Farida Waziri as EFCC chairman will face the consequence, Henceforth MR IBRAHIM LAMORDE is now the new chairman for Economic and Financial Crime Commission.


We, therefore, counsel you to draw this to your attention referring you to your fund suspended by (EFCC) with the instruction of their government ,according to the information submitted to our office,was base on lack of incompetent bank managers and directors and your inability to secure the genuine clearance papers approve by their government 2012 to cover payment,above it all, their (Government Authorization Payment Certificate). will only be issue to you by E.F.C.C in charge of financial matter empowered by their federal government,


Regard the complain from the new EFCC chairman MR IBRAHIM LAMORDE, That people are using different names through different means with different ministries to forge a certificate with beneficiaries to get their fund claim from their government, for that reason, Their government has to stop all foreign payment and appoint EFCC to monitor any financial matter within their banks and organizations. Note, we don't want a situation which will prompt EFCC to institute a quasi legal action otherwise called binding over proceeding


We are giving you notice of service of writ of summons after seven days of receiving this letter by mail. If after the seven days and you are not able to obtain the Certificate from their government through the new (EFCC) chairman Mr Ibrahim Lamorde or their government to clear yourself before the FBI as reported to this offices by Nigeria Economic and Financial Crime Commission (Efcc), Legal action will begin immediately.

After your response you will be directed with information on how to contact the commission new chairman MR IBRAHIM LAMORDE for the issuance of their (Government Authorization Payment Certificate).

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Yours faithfully,
Attorney General Eric Holder

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