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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: "David Smiths" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidsmiths1902@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:59:12 +0100
Subject: The Hidden Truth

First Bank of Nigeria.
156, Nnamdi Azikiwe Road,
Victoris Island Ikoyi
Lagos, Nigeria


Dear Sir,

The Truth You Need to Know Regarding your Long Outstanding Payment

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today. I am Mr.David Smiths the new acting Director, of International Remittance
Department of First Bank, my boss Mr. Stephen Olabisi Onasanya, the MD/ CEO of First Bank is now on compulsory leave and all power has been vested on me to
make all international payment. Furthermore due to allegations of corrupt practice against other Nigeria Banks, the Federal Government of Nigeria has
appointed First Bank of Nigeria as the ONLY Bank to effect all foreign overdue payment from henceforth.

On resumption of office as the new Acting Director, I discovered that yo have a part payment of $3.5M deposited with First Bank of Nigeria long ago, further
investigation reveals that my formal boss (Mr. Stephen Olabisi Onasanya) in collaboration with the dismissed Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria ( Mallam
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi) have hidden this payment from you and have also refused to tell you the truth on how you will claim your $3.5M, this is because they
has been using the accumulated Interest generated yearly from your to enrich themselves Without your knowledge, it is very painful to know that some people
can be heartless so wicked in this world, but I have decided to use my position as the new acting Director of International Remittance Department to help you
POOL OUT this $3.5M to your Country using the easiest and quickest method of payment which were not made known to you by my formal boss.


By this method of payment, a Domiciliary Account will be set up for you here in First Bank of Nigeria and with the help of the domiciliary account, we will
be able to move money any time you may wish to your Country without payment being monitored or stopped by Financial Authorities, the Big Advantage of this
method of payment is that you will NOT have to pay any fee to secure transfer documents and you will NOT pay for any clearance charges both in Nigeria and
in your Country, the other advantages is that your payment is always secured in the domiciliary Account and cannot be diverted by fraudulent people or
transferred to an account which do not belong to you also you can retain some balance in your Domiciliary Account in our Bank and you will be allowed to
give our Bank a regular instruction to transfer small or large amount of payment to your Country periodically, you can also give our Bank a standing
instructions to make payment on your behalf to any part of the world. With your Domiciliary Account we can issue you an atm card, certified check, travelers
check which will be very useful to in your country or during your business trip to any part of the world.


I hope you now understand the advantages of a domiciliary account and why you need this account to receive your payment of $3.5M now in our Bank. You are
advice to reply this email as quick as you can and forward as a matter of urgency your direct telephone and Fax number and your contact Address, your age and what you do for a living, so that we will
go ahead to open your Domiciliary Account here in First Bank of Nigeria

All that is require of you is for you to send the sum of $195 for the Activation of your Domiciliary Account in line with Provisions of Section 2 Sub Section
(iia) of Banks and Financial Act of 2001 which state that all Non Resident Account Otherwise referred to as Domiciliary Account MUST be activated by the
Beneficiary before the account will Operational, while Sub Section (iib) do NOT permit any Bank official from making any deduction from the your $3.5M to
be deposited in your domiciliary account

Please note that Domiciliary Account will be the easiest and cheapest means of making your payment of $3.5M to you, we all know that it is very expensive to
carry Foreign Transfer of large payment of $3.5M to your Country, therefore you must take advantage of this domiciliary account and receive your long
outstanding payment.


Yours faithfully

Mr.David Smiths
Director International Remittance
First Bank of Nigeria

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