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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: First Bank Of Nigeria Plc <www.firstaccount@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ministryoffinanceministryoffinance@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 04:00:40 -0700
Subject: Official letter from the British Financial Service Authority.


Attention: Beneficiary

This is to inform you that we received an official letter from the British Financial Service Authority instructing our management to return all unclaimed funds to the British Government Treasury Department on or before 30th of June 2014.

This notice is coming to you about this said fund the second time.And we were meant to understand, from our investigation that you have been going through hard ways by paying a lot of charges to see to the release of your fund ($15.8 MILLION) since few years now, which has been delayed and has been the hand work of some miscreant elements from Nigeria. In view of this fact, we advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence from some of this citizen who pretend to have your fund after paying a lot of charges to them but yet no fund is release to you. sir from now on this office will direct you on now to get your fund but first, you have to trust this organization and secondly, focus not on risk, but on result. wealth is made by attitude, for there is that attitude of yours that will bring you wealth. And there is that other attitude of yours that will bring you poverty and shame. so Sir you have the best attitude to choose from your mind.

Subsequently,you are advised to pay the requested fee on or before 30th of June 2014 so as to enable our management finalize with your inheritance claim transfer which has be here since four(4) years now, this office has contacted
you and no respond from you and Be informed also that our management will not be held responsible if your inheritance claim is being returned to the British Government Treasury Department as unclaimed fund as this office does not want you to lose your fund to the British Government Treasury Department.

You have to act very fast towards this matter.

Thanks for your Cooperation.

Best regards,
Mr. Francis okolie
Head of Remittance Department

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