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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 John Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <compensationcomm@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 12:54:46 -0500
Subject: Attn: Contractor/Scam Victims

Attn: Beneficiary/scam victims.

I'm Mr John SMITH,deputy director of operations, Efcc, Nigeria and
chairman committee on settlement of foreign dept and scam victims.

Due to recent memorandum of understanding reached between Nigerian
Government,United states Ambassador to Nigeria and United Nation on
settlement of foreign dept and all victims of advanced fee fraud and
dating scam which have brought untold hardship to the victims and bad
reputation to the country's Image,$200 Million dollars has been allocated
in the fiscal year for the purpose of settlement of foreign debt and
compensation of scam victims.

we came across your name during the interrogation of one of the suspected
fraudsters here.

I have been mandated to contact you for verification purpose and payment
following the discovery of counter claims on your files by one Mr John
Wheeler, who is presently trying to make us believe that you are dead.

The big question here is:
1. Did you sign any deed of assignment in favor of John Wheeler thereby
making him the beneficiary of the funds/compensation with the details:

MR JOHN WHEELER,AC/NUMBER: 6503809428. ROUTING/122006743, B/NAME:CITI
BANK, ADDRESS:NEW YORK,USA.

You are advised to get back to us on receipt of this message to avoid
wrong payment/compensation and stop any further communication with any
group or department as this has contributed to the delay in payment of
your fund.


On behalf of the people and president of this country, I apologies for the
delay in the payment and hardship this must have caused you. Please be rest
assured that as soon as you respond to this message, immediate action will
be taken on the release of your fund.

Please respond to us via
compensationcommitte@live.com

I wait for your urgent response and clarification.


Sincerely Yours,
Mr John Smith.

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