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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: "Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unionbankplc197@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 18:14:44 -0400
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/BENEFICIARY. REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

EFCC HEAD OFFICE
1 IBRAHIM TAIWO ROAD
ASO ROCK VILLA
PMB 166
FCT ABUJA,
NIGERIA

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION 2014
COMPENSATION PAYMENT DIRECTOR. EFCC.

SCAMMED VICTIM/BENEFICIARY. REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

Dear Sir/Ma,

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United Nations to Union Bank PLC Nigeria to pay 100 foreigners the sum of $5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars) 419 scam victims the amount being reep by Nigerian scammers, you are listed for this payments as one of the scammed victims,get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your compensations payment.

We have made several inquiries and have discovered that you were among those vistims being duped by Nigerian scammers so we are here to enlighten you and to let you know that the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA founded this organisation to fight against cyber crime in our country (EFCC).


On this faithful recommendations,I want you to know that during the last UN meeting held with the new president of our country at Abuja,Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today known as cyber crime,in other to retain the good image of the country,the new president of the country is now paying the sum of $5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars) 100 victims of this operators One after the other if you have only proof that you have once been scammed by a Nigerian.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be paid by Union Bank PLC Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the National Westminster bank London.

According to the number of applicants at hand,15 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more left to be paid the compensation with evidence.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Abuja Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations and we are on the trace of the other person, you are here by warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

You can receive your compensation payment via any of the both options you choose,

1)BANK DRAFT PAYMENT

2)WIRE TRANSFER

3)ATM CARD

I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you to know if you can be able to come in person to withness your compensation or not.

NOTE: You will have to send your response to our paying Bank at( unionbankplc197@gmail.com ) for more informations over the payment of the compensation being approved by the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

We appologize once more for being a victim of our country crime.


Yours faithfully,
Ibrahim Lamorde ,
Executive Chairman, EFCC

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