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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: "Sani Usman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <saniusmanni@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 03:54:25 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT.

Hello,

I have done my best to protect your approved $10.5million up to date and if you fail to finalize with Arc Finance Holding United Kingdom before this time next week,you many never receive the fund any more,because office of the presidency have been asking me to submit report on thus payment matter and am still delaying the report because you are yet to receive your payment from the paying bank, Arc Finance Holding United Kingdom.Please Whatever you can do to finalize with the bank this week do it now,you will never regret it,like always tell you,this fund is the only fund genuinely approved in your name directly from the Mr.President him self and if you fail to receive this approved fund,believe me you will never receive a dime from Nigeria Government again,i know the struggle i went through to fix your name among the beneficiaries to receive payment from Arc Finance Holding United Kingdom since last year and up til now you are joking with the matter,please this is not sca!
m or fraud, the payment was genuin

Understand that our government is fully aware of the problem some of you are facing, that is why Mr.President was fully committed by appointing Arc Finance Holding to pay few of you from Federal Government of Nigeria escrow account number 000732484834 with Arc Finance Holding UK with the irrevocable presidential order,i know the required 5000pounds is a lot of money but understand that the bank cannot place something on nothing that is why you need to setup the needed account with the bank,like i said the 5000pounds will still reflect back into your nominated bank account that is to say you are not paying any money because you will still receive your money back,i know economy is very bad now especially in your country, but with your approved $10.5million you can re-arrange your company again and pay all the people you have borrowed money from in one way of the other.

If you do not have 5000pounds look for any means to raise it and direct to the bank you will not regret it,instead you will be happy at the end of the day, because your approved fund must hit your bank account as soon as you setup an operational account with the bank,among the 4 beneficiaries Mr.President approved their fund, 3 others have received their payment since last year, you are the only beneficiary remaining that is why i have been sending emails to you back to back because i know what most of you have gone through in the hands of African fraudsters and corrupt government officials, which makes over 90% of our beneficiaries not to believe in any payment program from our Government.Understand that Nigeria government is working day and night to restore the bad image of Nigeria to international community,so many contractors have started coming back to Nigeria for investment/supply with our government since last year.

Try your best and finalize with the bank asap and receive your payment like others to enable me complete my report and send to Mr.president as he requested,am delaying the report just because of you,Please look for the account opening/activation processing fee and send to the bank you will smile to your bank at the end of the day.Understand that some high profile fraudsters and some corrupt sacked government officials are doing every humanitarian possible to make sure no beneficiaries receives his or her payment,because they know when a beneficiary received his or her fund, the beneficiary will never reply to their fraudulent letters again.

for example i know it as i know my name that when you receive your approved $10.5milion from Arc Fianance Holding,you will never reply any fraudster writing to you about your contract payment again,because you have received your payment,all you will be doing is to keep deleting their fraudulent emails our of your mail box,even the 3 beneficiaries that received their payment last year are still receiving fraudulent emails everyday by day from fraudsters/corrupt government officials telling them about their payment without knowing that they have received their payment since last year through my humble office and Arc Fiance Holding.

Do have a lovely new week ahead as i wait your next email with goodnews.

Congrats

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Sani Usman
Director, Anti-Fraud Unit.
Financial Services Regulation Committee
Plot 33,ATB Way Cadastral Zone, Abuja, NG

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