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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: "Miss Susan Ibeh" <susanibeh@inbox.lv>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:33:07 -0700
Subject: VALIDATION OF PAYMENT

>From the Director General
Foreign Debt Management Council

To Dully Beneficiary,

It delight this office to notify you of your overdue
contract/inheritance payment which you were denied over the
years by the African Region due to some reasons as indicated
in your payment file after much verification such as
duplication of account and demand of high fees by respective
agent and associate.

In view of this, the Federal Ministry of Finance in
Collaboration with the African Union after the just
concluded submit of the African Union held in Ethiopia has
given an Approval for a Part Payment of USD$8.5M to you.

You are therefore advice to reconfirm the information below

your Full
Home address
Direct Telephone Number
Identification Copy

You details are required to enable me forward them to the
paying Bank for onward remittance of the approved sum.

We use this opportunity to warn you against further
communication with any agent or associate as this might put
the entire payment in lapses . This is for your own interest
and to protect the interest of this region from being held
reliable for you not receiving your fund within the specific
period of time as mandated by this commission.

Once again we congratulate you in advance.
Miss. Susan Ibeh
Director General
Foreign Debt Management Council.

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