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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: "DR.LAMIDO SANUSI." <dr.lamidosanusi47@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dr.lamidosanusi90@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:17:40 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: International Settlement Dept








>From the desk of:
DR.LAMIDO SANUSI
International Settlement Dept.
CENTRAL.BANK.OF.NIG

Dear,

The management of (CENTRAL.BANK) has been instructed by the Federal
Government to release your Inheritance fund to you through ATM
Master Card, which shall be delivered to your house.

The sum of Ten Million, Five Hundred United States Dollars has been
approved for payment to you, and because this new development you
are advice to stop every illegal communication you are having with
any office or government officials (as claim), so that we can
successfully release your fund to you as we were directed.

Your payment through our swift card payment center, which is the
latest instruction from the Federal Government. We shall send you an
ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM
machine in any part of the world, because the above stated sum has
been loaded on the card pending the receipt of your response.

In view of that, you are required to provide us with the below
details for a swift delivery of your card to you.

1. Full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to
(p.o box not acceptable)
4. current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification
The above details being requested shall aid us make a smooth
delivery to you, and note that because of impostors, we are giving
you this code as our code of conduct (CARD-201), so you have to
indicate this code when contacting us by using it as your subject.

Yours in service,

DR.LAMIDO SANUSI.
International Settlement Dept
Contact Email: dr.lamidosanusi90@yahoo.com

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