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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID LORD WATTS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidlordwatts@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:08:43 +0100
Subject: PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT,

UN/WORLD BANK IMF SITTING PRUDENTLY
IN THE NIGERIAN PRIME FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION GARKI ABUJA - NIGERIA
OUR REF: UN/WBA/NG/CBN/13
>From the Desk of: Mr. David Lord Watts.


Attn Beneficiaries

RE: OVERDUE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

This is to notify the numerous foreign contractors owed by the Federal Government of Nigeria from various parastetals that going by the Pact signed by the Government of Nigeria and World Bank/IMF and UNITED NATIONS at the just concluded UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY held recently in NEW YORK USA, as it relates to long overdue payment of foreign contractors on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Apparently, investigations carried out by the World Bank Auditors has confirmed that most beneficiaries are being asked to pay certain irrelevant charges by the Apex Bank (Central Bank of Nigeria/ministry of finance) and other Government Financial Institutions, therefore making it very difficult for contractors to meet such obligations which is contrary to Section "33" Subsection "E" of the Article XII of Banks and other financial decree of 1995 as amended in 2007.

In view of this, the US security council and the Governing IMF Board of the World Bank has directed us to shift base to Nigeria to scrutinize and oversee an immediate release of such payments that has met the requirements for effectiveness without any further delay. Any beneficiary certified "OK" will receive his / her fund within three (3) working days from the date of the final authentication of his / her contractual date. It is also interesting to inform beneficiaries that in order to carry out deductions on their bills as regards Cost of Transfers (COT), Security Deposit (SD) and other taxable charges, beneficiaries will be requested to obtain the Debit form M104 from this authority so as to empower this board to carry out such deduction from the total contract sum before final remittance.

Furthermore, certification and unconditional payment release orders has been vested on this board and it involves payment from our statutory foreign reserves of International Capital Markets (ICM) loan from (IMF) and the World Bank respectively. It is of vital international financial interest that all payments under this dispensation have been bestowed on the World Bank Auditors for immediate settlements.

On behalf of the Nigerian government, this body regrets any inconveniences this delay might have caused your good self.You are hereby finally advised to stop all further communications with any agents, group of people or any Government bodies in respect of your payment. Please contact us for detailed information.

Expecting your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. David Lord Watts.
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