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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: "REV.GREGORY LAWSON" <dean@sgpgi.ac.in>
Reply-To: <revgregorylaw@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:24:43 +0100
Subject: RE: INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT



--
International Finance Corporation
Maersk House, 1st Floor
Plot 121 Louis Soloman Close
Off Ahmadu Bello Way
Victoria Island, Lagos
Nigeria.


Attention: Beneficiary:

RE: INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT

This is to inform you that this financial institution did receive
payment instruction from The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria to pay to you the total amount of US $5.8 Million.
Note that a final approval has been given to your claim and your funds
have been transferred from the International Finance Corporation (a
World Bank Group) who has the final authority to transfer out of the
shores such amount of Fund.

We have just received an email from one MR. KAMICHI YASHITA, who
introduced himself as your next of kin also that you have instructed him
to receive the funds into his account on your behalf. MR. KAMICHI
YASHITA informed us that you are seriously sick in the hospital and that
you gave him this instruction to claim this fund on your behalf. We have
not transferred the fund to him yet because he is still unable to
produce a valid documentation that he was instructed by you to claim
this fund on your behalf. We are not also certain that you are really
seriously sick like he has made us to belive because we discovered some
lapses in his official presentation of this claim, that is why we are
contacting you.

THIS IS THE ACCOUNT DETAILS HE FORWARDED TO US:

Bank Name: MIZUHO BANK, NARIMASU BRANCH.
Address: 2-11-2, NARIMASU, ITABASHI-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
SWIFT CODE: MSDKBGHUT. Bank Account No: 239-1-563-321.
Beneficiary: ROS LTD. (KAMICHI YASHITA)

We are writing for you to confirm this message and if it is not true,
you are required to forward with immediate effect the following
information to enable us carry out this transfer to your account within
the next 48 hours. Forward as a matter of urgency the following:

FULL NAMES:.............................................
ADDRESS.................................................
DIRECT TELEPHONE......................................


You don't have to pay any charges to receive your fund anymore as you
have met up with the whole requirements, your representatives in Nigeria
or United Kingdom will tell you to still go ahead with them but know
that is your own risk. The only thing required from you is to obtain the
TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION CODE. Since that is what paying bank requires
for the transfer of your fund to your designated bank account.

We await your urgent response.

Rev. Gregory Lawson

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