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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: =?utf-8?Q?Usuario_administrativo_da_TI?=
<admin@novaiguacu.unimed.com.br>
Reply-To: m.akintomi@yahoo.gr
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 01:42:38 -0300
Subject: Re: From Mr. Shegun Akintomi

Hello beneficiary,

READ VERY CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THE GIVEN DIRECTIVES

I write on behalf of my bank to update you with the latest news about your inheritance/winnings/compensation funds. It was mandated by Mr. president(GEJ) that all the unclaimed/pending foreign funds should be redirected to the federal government treasurer account if the owners are not ready for the claim. So i will be forced to submit your payment file to the office of Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)for immediate cancellation if you do not meet the demand to receive your funds.

More over, it is interesting to know that your total funds were credited into an ATM credit card that will enable you to make a withdraw in any ATM machine in your country in your name so what you should do now is to reconfirm your current home address, phone number, your current id card and nearest international airport to me. This will enable me to make a solid arrangement with TNT Global Express to deliver the card within 24 hours to you if you can meet their demands.

You are warned not to delay this time to avoid loosing your funds to government. I will ensure you receive your funds without any delay if you can trust me and follow my instructions. Get back to me now because you were given only one week ultimatum to claim your long waiting funds by the office of presidency here, otherwise you will loose the funds to federal government of this country.

yours in service,

Mr. Shegun Akintomi
Director Skye bank plc. Ng.
Tel: +2348035154613
E-mail: m.akintomi@yahoo.gr

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