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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: "GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM." <johncooper_wwwuk@live.com>
Reply-To: infocaitbanking@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:08:43 -0000
Subject: Date: 18 January, 2013, 15:19 Beneficiary Info.

METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE -FRAUD ALERT
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
ANTI FRAUD COMPENSATION UNIT
LONDON UK



ATTN: Beneficiary,


This is SPECIAL FRAUD UNIT (SFU) Police Commissioner George A. Birmingham,
the Director of Operations Fraud Investigating and Compensation Unit. This
is to inform you that based on the scam reports we received, the African
Union (AU) Anti-fraud team are making sure that internet fraud is wiped
out in the Africa continent completely. The Internet Service Providers
have noticed the increased scam email traffic originating from Africa to
other continents, hence the intervention of the African Union Anti fraud
Unit, to stem the tide. In view of the foregoing, three hundred and six
(306) scammers have been arrested so far and arrest is still on. We have
recovered the total sum of US$360 Million Dollars from These scammers both
cashed assets confirmed to have co e from their victims. We have found
millions of email addresses of victims and would be target victims from
their address books and computers, your email was found on this book and
records and we are contacting you based on this. The African Union (AU) is
making refunds of US$650,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS)
each to victims whom his/her email address was listed on the scammer's
address books as compensation to them.


These names are on our suspect list, we are yet to arrest them because we
are still carrying out our investigation on them, just to mention few as
follows:


1) PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO (CBN)
2) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI (CBN)
3) MRS. OKONJO IWEALA
4) FARIDA WAZIRI (EFCC)
5] SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI (CBN)
6) MR. JIM OVIA - ZENITH BANK PLC
7) MRS. CICILIA IBRU - OCEANIC BANK PLC
8) MR. ERASTUS AKINGBOLA - INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC
9) CITI BANK LONDON
10) JP MORGAN BANK AMRICAN
11) HSBC, LONDON UK
12) BARCLAYS BANK PLC, LONDON UK
13) NATWEST, LONDON UK
14) LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, LONDON UK
15) BANK OF AMERICA , USA
16) WELLS FARGO BANK INTERNATIONAL


Contact me now by email to know the modalities with which your refunds
will get to you. Please get back to me with the bellow personal
information for verification records update and references:



COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS:
PRESENT CONTACT ADDRESS:
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:
SCANNED COPY OF INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT:
SCANNED COPY OF DRIVER’S LICENSE:


NOTE: You are hereby advised not to contact those scammers again



INSP. GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM.
STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER
ANTI-FRAUD COMPENSATION UNIT.

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