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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: "ALHAJI NAMADI SAMBO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alhajinamadisambo_fgn@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:51:41 +0100
Subject: RE: UNPAID ENTITLEMENT VICTIMS

FROM THE DESK OF: Alhaji Namadi Sambo,
Executive Vice President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria

Attn: Beneficiary,

UNPAID ENTITLEMENT VICTIMS

Be informed that your file was brought to this Honorable office from the Chairman of Nigerian Financial Parastatal & Pay Roll, in Collaboration with investigation department over financial matters here in Nigeria since last two weeks but I have not been chance to attend to you till today, in respect of your unpaid entitlement with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

After going through the report sent to my office, I decided to communicate you and to hear from you why you refused to claim your fund. More so, in the report sent to my office, I was made to understand that a lot of people have been communicating with you here in and outside Nigeria, collecting money from you for one reason or the other and yet you have not receive your Fund till today because there do not have the power to transfer your money and there are not in position to assist you because there are nothing but fraud stars and that is why I decided to step into your matter to help you out of the problem with my position.

Now, I am Alhaji Namadi Sambo, the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, presently the Chairman Dept. reconciliation committee write with the power bestowed on me in this country Nigeria and promise to step into your matter and to make sure that you receive your fund this time around into your nominated Bank account. I want to also guarantee you that your suffering in the past years in pursuit of this fund has come to an end. You are required to comply with my instructions until you receive your fund. Also be advice that the remittance of your fund shall be affected by the message type of MTC 100 (a free remittance format). This is to assist you confirm your fund under 4 hours of transfer as an International Investment Fund from Nigeria.

First, you are required to respond to my email address: on receipt of this message. Again, with my Position as the Vice President of Nigeria, I do not have time to be writing faxes or mails to people for them to come and claim their fund, it is your responsibility to contact me and seek for how to get your fund now that I have devoted time to send this message to you, but first I will like to hear from you to know the effort you have so far made towards the release of your fund in the past.

The mode of communication with me is by e-mail especially foreigners to avoid interception of calls by the fraud-stars in Nigeria "Scam People" my E-mail address are: alhajinamadisambo_fgn@yahoo.es

Furthermore, when communicating back to me send through this e-mail address above. Lastly, on no account will you send this my email to any of those people you are communicating with unless you want your Payment to be cancelled by this office.

I will be expecting your urgently response.

Sincerely Yours,

Alhaji Namadi Sambo
Vice President of Nigeria
The Chairman Dept Reconciliation Committee
Central Bank of Nigeria.

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