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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidmike650@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:31:08 -0800
Subject: FINAL NOTICE ONN YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE OVER DUE PAYMENT.

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE




ATTN. HONORABLE BENEFICIARY,



THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT
/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH THE HSBC BANK OF LONDON, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM OUR NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, GOOD LUCK EBELE JONATHAN. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:



NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
COUNTRY:
BELOW IS THE CONTACT PERSON:
DR. JAMES WILLIAM.
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL: james_william3313@yahoo.com.ph
DIRECT PHONE: 234-708-366-5895


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (10,000,000.00) AS LAST QUARTER PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2012. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM PAYMENT.

FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-500) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.


REGARDS,
DR. MALLAM SANUSI LAMIDO.
GOVERNOR,
CBN

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