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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: Accountant General of Nigeria <cutesegn@gmail.com>
Reply-To: accountantgeneral@fmf-govng.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:32:17 +0100
Subject: Re: IRREVOCABLE CONTRACT PAYMENT

From: DR. ALEX MAGNUS
Economic Adviser to the President)

Attn: Contract Beneficiary


CONTRACTORS /CREDITOR WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA YOU HAVE TWO
WEEKS MANDATE TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT.

Based on the meeting held with the office of the New President DR GOOD
LUCK JONATHAN, office the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Paris Club, Accountant general
of Nigeria office and the 14 member committee inaugurated by the
office of the Presidency to verify and remit all outstanding over due
contract payment such as your payment to Foreign contractors.

It is my pleasure to inform you officially that the office of the New
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA has been mandated to commence the swift
transfer of your over due contract fund into your designated bank
account details, in lieu of this you are urgently requested to contact
the ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OFFICE for swift wire MR. JONAH OGUNNIYI
OTUNLA on email: accountantgeneral@fmf-govng.com to enable your
fund reflect in your account within the next 12 banking hours as
stipulated by the presidency. Urgently contact the accountant general
on his official E-mail: accountantgeneral@fmf-govng.com as soon as you
receive this mail today

You are hereby instructed to stop all further contact with any other
person/office in respect to your over due contract funds with the
Nigeria Government for failure to adhered to our directives will
automatically result to the cancellation of your immediate contract
payment .

Note that all necessary arrangements has been concluded by THE
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT and the Senate House Committee on
Foreign contract payment wish to inform you that your Contract Payment
Release Bond has been endorsed today 5th March 2014, and forwarded to
the ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA for immediate release of your
overdue contract fund. You are hereby instructed to contact only the
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL, MR. JONAH OGUNNIYI OTUNLA, we are informed that
your contract proceedings will be credited to your bank account
immediate you contact ACCOUNTANT GENERAL today on his direct E-mail:
accountantgeneral@fmf-govng.com
Congratulation!

Yours truly
DR. ALEX MAGNUS
(Economic Adviser to the President

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