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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: "USMAN BELLOH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedminfmf@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:15:33 -0500
Subject: Confirm this information



FEDERAL MINISTRY Of FINANCE
5th Floor, Annex 3,New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area
Abuja Nigeria.


Greetings,
This is coming to you from the desk of the Director of wire /telex department of foreign payment here in Nigeria.
It should be very clear to you now that those people that claimed to be assisting you get your payment were never
honest to you and that is why am sending you this letter personally to let you know all their errors, and agree with you
on the easy way to get your payment.
As the director of wire transfer/telex department,your partners) met me sometimes ago, and
requested that I assist to fix your name on the Central Payment Computer as beneficiary for transfer
deal of U.S DOLLARS using the strategy by registering you as the beneficiary of the fund.
We had an agreement of compensation if it is done, and i keyed your
name for the payment which was legally approved among the Names of those to be paid.
Instead of keeping the terms of agreement with me, they started avoiding me and failed to meet up
with the requirements of other departments.
To avoid putting myself in trouble,I immediately deleted your transfer payment (CODE) from the list.,
which made it impossible for the transfer because I did NOT reveal the payment access CODE to any
staff and that made it impossible for you to receive the transfer,and no-matter the efforts and money you spent.
Bear in mind that your payment will NOT, and you will NEVER receive any payment from any
OFFSHORE CENTER since the name had been deleted from the central payment computer.
Your principal partner is dead and had been buried.
If you want us to work together for you to have this money,despite the long years of delay;
these are my conditions.;
(I)You MUST promise me NOT to allow any of their links know about this development and I will have
50% of the money and 50% for you because it is only two of us. Again you must keep off from every
other person and always keep our communications highly confidential.
(ii) You MUST assure me that you will not betray me at last and my own share will be wired back to
an account I will provide.
(iii) We can conclude the transaction with utmost confidence but being CONFIDENTIAL.
if you agree to adhere to my directives based on these conditions contact me immediately to
enable us finalize all the arrangement.
As soon as we agree, i will perfect the arrangements on your behalf
and update your file to have a smooth transfer both now and after the money has got into your account.
If you do not agreed with my condition, i will advise you to forget
about the funds because there is no way you can conclude the transfer
without my notice, because I still remain the director KTT Wire International Transfers

Best Regards.
Dr Usman Belloh.
Director international Fund Transfer.
Fed. Min. finance (CBN)

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