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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: "infosky" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoskyebgroup@qq.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 04:02:39 -0700
Subject: Past Transaction..

    
Head Office,                                                                                          
3,Akin Adesola Street
Victoria Island, Lagos
Tel:+234-81-61607436
E-mail:infoskyebgroup@qq.com
 
Dear customer
It’s obvious that you are still keeping your hands out of your long waiting payment after we the skye bank nig plc family made it for you. I must be realistic with you, if you continue allowing people to fool you over your long waiting payment which mean you still never want to receive the payment yet.
His Excellency president good luck Jonathan and his presidential bodies were surprised to see your overdue payment file remains unpaid as we enter 2013. they went into action and held meeting regarding it and concluded that my bank should open local account in your name and programmed funds with accrue interest for you in our bank businessmen first-class master card where international fund monitory agencies will not have access to monitor the money to stop it and we done the programming excellent which you will confirm immediately you receive the first class master card package from nacantil courier company ltd.
Having transactions, dealings, businesses With Central Bank, Union Bank, Intercontinental Bank, First Bank, Zenith Bank, Wema Bank, Fidelity Bank, Sterling Bank, UBA Bank, Eko Bank, And So Many Banks regarding your long waiting payment is just a wasting of time because we the Skye bank nig plc family have programmed the funds for you in our bank businessmen first class master card where no one will have access to the funds without the Skye bank nig plc first-class master card which the pin # is 0007. If you receive any card that is not Skye Bank Nig Plc Businessmen First Class Master Card there will be no money inside the card.
Assuming His Excellency president good luck Jonathan and his presidential bodies are not involved, I Mr. timothy Oguntayo would have go to Nacantil Courier Company ltd and collect the first class master card package back from them and then use regular mail post and send it to you, but it happens that office of the presidency doesn’t like taking risk’s and that is why His Excellency president good luck Jonathan and his presidential bodies went ahead and deposit the master card package with Nacantil Courier Company ltd to deliver it to your doorstep without any problem.
Please comply with Nacantil Courier Company ltd and send them their delivery advance to deliver the first class master card package to you, any money you send to Nacantil Courier Company ltd is not a waste because they will make safety delivery to your house without any problem and the first-class master card you are receiving the package from them is loaded very well.
Best Regards and have a nice day.
 
Mr Timothy Oguntayo
 
 

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