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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: "AIG IMU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoacessbk@mynet.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 23:52:32 -0700
Subject: Contact Me For More Details And Direction.

ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC
#1665 Oyin Jolayemi Street
Victoria Island Nigeria .
TEL/FAX: +234-1-8423-717
E-mail: accessplc@

Attn: Sir/Madam.

We Are Pleased To Inform You That Your Email ID Was Discovered Amongst The listed Foreign Beneficiaries Who Are To Receive The Sum Of USD$10.5Million Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. And It Was Submitted To Our Bank By The Hon.Minister of Trade & Investment In Conjunction With The FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE Federal Republic of Nigeria. During Our Auditing Of All the Payment files, We Discovered That You Have Not Claim Your Approved /Inheritance Payment, Maybe Due To One Reason Or The Other, Or Lack of Co-Operation Of Not Fulfilling The Obligations Giving To You By The Authorities.

From Henceforth, You Have To Desist From Receiving And Sending Mails Or Phone Calls To Non-Officials In The Bank If You So Wish To Receive Your Payment Immediately. However, After The Board Meeting Held At Our Headquarters, We Have Resolved In Finding A Solution To This Problem, And As You May Know, We Shall Programmed Your Payment Through Our Swift Card Payment System Powered By ATM Master Card Which Is The Instruction Given Us By The Authority Or Alternately, You Can Open An On-line Account With Us To Enable a Direct Wire Transfer To Any Nominated Bank Account of Your Choice In Your COUNTRY.Once the account is activated, the funds will be removed from the suspense account and lodged in your account where you can make online transfers.

And The Atm Card Which You Will Use To Withdraw Your Money In Any Part Of The World, Shall Be Send To You Via Courier Service. The Maximum You Can Withdraw Per Day is (USD$10,000.00) Ten Thousand Us Dollars. While Each Transaction Is USD$5,000 Minimum. To Enable Us Process Your Payment, Do Send to us the Information Below:

CLAIM FORM:
(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Your Receiving Address Where You Want Us To Send Your Atm Card To.
(3) Phone and Fax Number:
(4) Age and Occupation:
(5) Your Nearest International Air Port in Your City Of Residence:
(6) PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DRIVERS LICENSE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.

We Shall Be Expecting To Receive Your Information’s As Soon As Possible. Once Again, You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With Anybody Or Office On This Regards.Contact Me For More Details And Direction.

Thanks for Your Co-Operation.

Yours faithfully,
(Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede)
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO.

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