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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: "Mallam Mai Bornu." <c_b_ofnig_online@email.biz>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:38:41 +0100
Subject: ARE YOU ALIVE YOUR IMMEDIATE ATM CASH CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION DELIVERY...

From The Desk Of:
Mallam Mai Bornu.
Secretary To the Governor Central bank of Nigeria
E-mail:c_b_ofnig_online@email.biz


Attention Beneficiary,


IMMEDIATE ATM CASH CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION DELIVERY

Please bear with us for making this initial contact through email,it is due to
the urgency of this notification,since we are unable to reach your phone
line.This is to officially bring to your notice that we have finally signed an
irrevocable agreement order with the United Nations,at the 37th G8 summit
which was held 30 November 2013 in the commune of Deauville,in France.You can
check this link to confirm the summit.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_G8_summit.

The agreement instruction was for us to settle all enormous outstanding debt
burden on our country,in order to enhance our business relationship with the
International Community.To that effect,The Federal Ministry of Finance have
finally forwarded to my humble office, the names of foreigner's/contractors
that have not yet received their payment for some reasons and your name happen
to be on the list hence,your payment worth USD$2,500.000.00 (Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only)you are the next on the payment
schedule list.

In accordance with the provision act of decree 114 of the 1999 Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria,on Contract Matters,your contract payment
documents have been verified,sign approved and arrangement is being been made
to effect your payment to you within the shortest period of time in our bid to
transparency.

Also, it might interest you to know that a Gentleman with name JAMES WHITE
from Ohio, USA., already contacted us on your behalf.He forwarded to us his
full banking information and presented some documentations evidencing your
payment,claiming they were signed personally by you for the release of your
payment to him.He further told us that you are seriously sick and presently on
a Hospital bed of which he is not even sure, you will survive. Please find
below his Banking information for your-re-confirmation:

BANK NAME: Charles Schwab Bank
ADDRESS: 1397 Vidaway Columbus, Ohio 43228
A/C NAME: JAMES WHITE
ACCOUNT#: 121202211
ROUTING#: 440014258642
TEL: Withheld for security reasons
EMAIL: Withheld for security reasons

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file and
found out that why you have not received your fund is because you have contact
us in respect of your contract/inheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none
officials in the bank all your attempt to secure the release of the fund to
you.We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this have to stop if
you wishes to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution
to your problem.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center
Asia pacific,that is the latest instruction from INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
(IMF) and Nigerian Government.

This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to with draw
your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world,so if you like to
receive your fund in this way,please let us know by contacting us back and
also send the following information as listed below.

1. Full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want the ATM card to(p.o box not acceptable)
4. Your age
5. occupation
6. Attach copy of your identification

We have been Mandated by the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) Parliament to
issue out the sum 0f $2.5Million (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars Only) Also for your information,you have to stop any further
communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in
receiving your payment.

Note: That because of impostors,we hereby issued you our code of conduct,which
is (ATM-202VF) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card
center by using it as your subject.

Await for your expedite response.

Yours in service,

Mallam Mai Bornu.
Secretary To the Governor
Central bank of Nigeria.
Email:c_b_ofnig_online@email.biz

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