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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: "Silas Chukwu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <silaschukwu@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 20:57:05 +0100
Subject: Attention Beneficiary

Dear Beneficiary,
Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Silas Chukwu, the chairman of the Foreign Contract Review Panel. This office was inaugurated on Friday, 5th August 2013, by His Excellency President Jonathan Goodluck.

The purpose of this office is to redeem the battered image of this country (NIGERIA) by looking into the affairs of all the foreign unpaid debts/contractors who have successfully completed their contract here in Nigeria. It might interest you to know that we stumbled into your file with CONTRACT No:- NNPC/PED/KAD-PHR/X4356/99 and from our investigations, we uncovered that your funds has been approved for payment by the Presidency and Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria.

Following this, we have filed for the release of your full payment, but unfortunately the Senate Committee on Foreign Contracts was able to approve only a part payment of US$8,500,000.00 in your name. We have also secured approvals from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing and Federal Ministry of Finance on the above mentioned amount.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has already concluded plan to pay you your funds. And according to them the funds will be paid to any of your nominated bank account through wire transfer or any of your preferred choice of receiving you funds. we request that you reconfirm the followings:

1. Your full names.
2. Your recent contact address.
3. Your direct telephone numbers.

Note that you are advised to respond back to this message without delay so that We can submit your informations to the Central Bank of Nigeria for payment. Email ( silaschukwu@qq.com )

Yours,
Mr. Silas Chukwu.
Chairman (F.C.R.P.)

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