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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: "Hon Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infodpo03@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:41:18 -0800
Subject: Re: URGENT NOTICE

>From Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
Chairman Compensation Payment Committee
National Assembly Abuja

Dear Beneficiary,

This letter is written in order to change your Life from today, we have received information from our monitoring network that you have sent so much payment through Western Union and Money Gram to Nigeria, and to some other part of the World in recent times without receiving any payment to
your name, further investigation reveals that you have lost hope towards receiving your payment having been deceived so many times. Following the ongoing re-branding of Nigeria and image laundering being promulgated by Nigeria Government to the International Communities, the Federal
Government of Nigeria have instructed our committee to compensate you with the sum of $1,500,000 ( One Million and Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)


We will be able to pay you this $1,500,000 in piece meal of daily $2500 through Western Union or Money Gram so that you will receive quick money to solve your urgent financial problem. In case you do not want to receive your compensation payment through western union or money gram, we will send you an atm card for the total sum of $1,500,000 or through Bank to Bank transfer. Since you have been fighting to receive large sum of money for the pas months/years from your Contract/inheritance payment without
success, it is wise and better for you to first receive this compensation payment.


We want to inform you that the members of Compensation Payment Committee are all honorable men of Great Repute who have serve the Federal Government of Nigeria in different high ranking capacities, we also want to inform you that we were all appointed by our respected President his Excellency Dr Good luck Jonathan to pay foreign Debt such as Contract Debt, Inheritance/Next of Kin Debt, Compensation Debt, Lottery Debt, Purchase/Sales of Good Debt, and all other kind of Debt owe Foreigner by
Nigeria Government, in order to restore back the good image of Nigeria before the international Communities. You are advice to reply to me immediately you receive this mail, so that you will receive your own payment.


In case you want to commence receiving your payment, kindly reply now with ANSWERS to the Questions below,

Your Full Name
Your Contact Resident Address
Your Direct Telephone/ Mobile And Fax Number
Your Occupation
Your AGE
What You Do For A Living?


How Many Months Or Years You Have Been Expecting your Payment The Place you sent Money Last whether Nigeria or London etc The Last Amount of Money You sent to Nigeria and What Month or Year.


Upon the receipt of this email kindly send the required information.

Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
Chairman Compensation Payment Committee
National Assembly Abuja Nigeria

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