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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: "CHAIRMAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON DEBT RECONCILIATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <senator@contractor.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:28:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Our Ref: FGN /OCP/PBXD/013 .....TREAT URGENT

THE OFFICE SENATE PRESIDENT (SENATOR DAVID MARK.)
CHAIRMAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON DEBT RECONCILIATION &
EVALUATION FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX,ABUJA,
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.nassnig.org
Reply on this Email address: senator@contractor.net

Our Ref: FGN /OCP/PBXD/013

22nd of March 2013

SENATOR DAVID MARK, (SENATE PRESIDENT) THE CHAIRMAN OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTRACTS CLAIM BETWEEN 1990 TO 2012.

Re: Attention Fund Beneficiary

I will be delighted to inform you that irrespective of your dealings with the wrong people over your payment release before now, that you would have received your Long Awaited fund valued ($10.5 USD) Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars before today, but only if you can be able to inform me on how much you could be able to raise before tomorrow to enable us conclude with Central Bank of Nigeria on this financial issue by releasing your outstanding payment, then I shall support you to secure official weaver for the remaining balance. Just advice this committee on the way forward.

Please never you loose hope yet, waiting to hear from you soon. Find the displayed tracking information’s of other Beneficiaries in your Payment Category B’ as they had all received their payment through the Atm Master Card containing their funds, except you through the under mentioned Courier Companies. This one’s here received their long awaited fund within 2011/2012. You can as well track them for proper confirmation.

TRACKING SITE: http://www.fedex.com/Tracking

REBA CANNON TRACKING NUMBER: 793558322075 (WWW.FEDEX.COM)
JOHN STACEY TRACKING NUMBER: 793558334918 (WWW.FEDEX.COM)
JAMES WILLIAMS TRACKING NUMBER: 79355832684 (WWW.FEDEX.COM)
NAME: DONNA L. VARGAS: EO989255511US (WWW.USPS.COM)
NAME: CHRISTOPHER THOMAS JOYNER: 899389380290 (WWW.FEDEX.COM)
NAME: GERALD D. WARNER: 875777537332 (WWW.FEDEX.COM)

The office of deputy governor, financial system stability of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),will issue you an ATM CARD valued your fund, and you will be withdrawing $1500 Dollars daily from any ATM Machine within the globe as it will be activated with Multilingual for it’s withdrawal activeness within the globe .

I await your response

Senator David Mark (Nigeria Senate President)
The Chairman Senate Committee on
Debt Reconciliation & Evaluation FGN.

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