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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: "MR. FRANK WILLIAMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankwilliams1226@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:26:36 -0300
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION!!




THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
PUBLIC DEBT COMMITTEE/FOREIGN PAYMENT
126 Marina Road, Victoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria
Email:frankwilliams126@admin.in.th


ATTENTION TO BENEFICIARY



"URGENT NOTICE OF PART PAYMENT OF $5,000,000.00 OR $2,000,000.00 OR
$1,000,000.00 TO ALL FOREIGN CONTRACTORS / BENEFICIARIES OF ALL TYPES OF
FUNDS OWED TO YOU BY ANY BANK IN NIGERIA OR COMPANIES/GOVERNMENT
PARASTATALS OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA OR NEXT OF KIN
INHERITANCE FUNDS WHO ARE YET TO BE PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMEN OF
NIGERIA".Your Name And Your Total Amount Was Given To This Committee In
Respect Of Your Total Sum/Money Owed To You By Any Of The Above Bodies
Mentioned Which You Failed To Claim Because Of Either Non Compliance Of
Official Processes Or Because Your Representatives Did Not Represent You
Very Well In The Past.

Therefore, This Is To Alert You That You Have A Good News To Your Payment
This Time Around. This Government Have Finalized Every Arrangements To
Pay You The Above Part Payment Without Further Delay As One Of The
Struggles Of Improving Nigeria Image Abroad. The Federal Government Have
Mapped Out Several Millions Of U.S. Dollars In Raw Cash To Be Paid To You
And Other Beneficiaries In Other Parts Of The World. The Approved Part
Payment Above Is To Show A Full Commitment To Solidify The Both Countries
Economic Relationship And Other Countries Of The World.The Federal
Government Under President DR.GOODLUCK JONATHAN Have Mandated This
Committee To Handle This Part Payment By Paying The Same Raw Cash To All
Foreign Beneficiaries Of Funds Who Are Yet To Receive Their Genuine
Payments Owed To Them, And To Those Beneficiaries Who Have Not Yet
Received Any Part Payment Before From The Federal Government Of Nigeria Or
>From Any Of The Above Mentioned Bodies.

This Committee Which Is Made Up Of Men And Women Of Honor Have Worked Out
Special Government Internal Arrangements With A Government Approved
Diplomatic Courier Company Called 'Access Diplomatic Courier Service WHOSE
HEAD OFFICE IS IN LONDON,U.K Who Will Dispatch This Part Payment Raw Cash
To You With Immediate Effect Upon Your Acceptance To This Special
Government Arrangements And Applying Officially In This Office For The
Part Payment Delivery to your door step in your city. The $5,000,00000
Cash Payment Are All In $100 Denominations And Will Be 50,000 Pieces Of
Currency Notes Of U.S. Dollars Or $2,000,000.00 Which Is 20,000 pieces Or
$1,000,000.00 Which Is 10,000 Pieces Which Will Be Neatly Packaged By This
Committee And Handed Over To The Courier Company For Urgent Delivery To
Your Confidential Address In Your Country And At Your Door Step Including
Other Beneficiaries Of Funds In Your Country.This Part Payment Is First To
Apply And First To Be Paid As Only 8 Persons To Be Applied In Each Of The
Countries Are The Ones To Be Paid First, Because We Have A Limited Cash
For This Part Payment Project. THE COURIER HEAD OFFICE FAX.IS
44-700-5921476 TEL:44-700-580-3567.YOU CAN ALSO FAX YOUR INFORMATION TO
THEIR HEAD OFFICE OF THE COURIER COMPANY IN LONDON WHO WILL FORWARD SAME
TO OUR NIGERIAN OFFICE. Take Note That The Federal Government Have Only
Taken Care Of The Tickets, Accommodation, Feeding And Basic Traveling
Allowances Of All The Two Officials Of The Above Courier Staff And One
Federal Government Representative Who Will Come Live To Your Address To
Deliver This Part Payment Cash Package To You.

If You Have Accepted This Cash Part Payment Arrangement As Above Stated,
Please Urgently Forward To This Committee Without Further Delay Your
Confidential Address Where The Courier Men Will Deliver The Cash Package
Or Your ATM CARD Loaded With Your Funds To You And Also Give Us Your
Direct Telephone And Your Private Email Address For Easy Contact To You
Upon Their Arrival To Your Country. Remember To Indicate To Us Your
State/City Name And Your Nearest Airport To Your Address And Also Indicate
Your Total Funds Owed To You.This Special Arrangement Is To Convince You
That This Government Is Not Deliberately With-Holding Back Your Genuine
Payments.Please Accept Our Humble Apologies For The Delay To Your Payment.
Please For Security Reasons, Don't Reveal This Private Arrangements To Pay
You By Cash Package Or By ATM CARD To Any One And You Are Warned To Stop
Contacting Any Other Official In Regard To Your Payment Or Any Part Of
Your Payment Or To Contact Fake Officials Who Have Nothing Good To Offer
To You. Note That One Of The Federal Government Official Have Been
Appointed To Follow The Courier Company In Their Trip To Your Country As
To Oversee All The Cash Deliveries To Various Beneficiaries. Awaiting Your
Official Application To This Part Payment Approval For Immediate Delivery
To You. Should You Wish To Reconfirm This Part Payment Approval Direct
>From The President Of Nigeria, Please this email address is for Mr
president DR GOODLUCK JONATHAN. The real email address are:
presidentgoodluckjonathan2010@yahoo.com AND
presidentgoodluckjonathan2010@gmail.com And should you want a wire
transfer of your funds direct to your account, please apply for your
payment directly to the President of Nigeria on his email above. PLS NO
RISK INVOLVED TILL YOU GET YOUR FUNDS.

1.YOUR Full Name:.........
2.YOUR Full Address:......
3.YOUR Tel. Number:...
4.YOUR id......

Yours Faithfully,
FRANK WILLIAMS

SECRETARY TO THE CHAIRMAN,PUBLIC DEBT COMMITTEE/FOREIGN PAYMENT
EMAIL:frankwilliams126@admin.in.th

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