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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: "BRIAN WALKERS." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <briamwalkers@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:03:34 -0400
Subject: THE FINAL PAYMENT

Our Ref: FGN/FBI-NG/09/13
Your Ref: ..............................
 
 
          YOUR CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OF USD5 MILLION
 
 
Dear Friend,
 
I am an FBI REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN WALKERS from the United States of America, sent to Nigeria to take care of the compensation fund for recovery and settlement mainly on Lottery, Inheritance and Contract payments.
 
The recent meeting of world economic leaders in Davos Switzerland agreed with African leaders present that there is need for compensation to the above category of victims in other to qualify African countries for debt forgiveness from the G20 and G8 countries.
 
The compensation is to be made by the Federal Government of Nigeria and some other bodies like the Nigeria National Petroleum Co-operation (NNPC), Dagote Group of Companies (DGC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Finance,  due to the scam the citizens of Nigeria and other West African countries has done on the internet.
 
The selection of the people to be compensated was made randomly via internet, so if you receive this mail that means you have been selected among the lucky ones to receive the sum of FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (USD 5 MILLION).
 
Note that all necessary documentation to make the withdrawal of the fund legal and free from any breach of the law has been made by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the FBI, all you have to do now is to contact me with the following information for the claim of your fund.
 
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS:
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:
YOUR SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR COUNTRY:
 
I will advise you make sure your fund gets to you through the normal process to avoid any problem in future, so please you have to abide to all information as directed.
 
Feel free to call me on my direct telephone number +1 940 238 6672 for more clarifications.
 
Thanks,
 
BRIAN WALKERS.
FBI REPRESENTATIVE.

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