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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: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDNCY <federalreservebankofnewyork01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: vicepresidentnamadisambo@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:19:59 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?ONLINE_TRANSFER_FOR_YOUR_UNPAID_FUND=E2=80=8F?=

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*Attn*


*In view of all the initial controversial that militated on the effort of
authorities of this Government to effect the payment of the long approved
approved sum,Which investigation carried by the Presidential Tax Force on
foreign payment Monitory Committee reveals that
Surrogate,Embezzlement,Misappropriation of Funds,And some official
impersonation have resulted to the inability of the officials in Nigeria
to handle this Official mandate as instructed by the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. In conclusion of the Presidential Monitory
Committee and Fact Finding Committee on Foreign Payment,Handle by the
Presidency and Federal Ministry of Justice,They recommended that every
initial setup to handle this transaction should be proscribed to allow only
my Ministry to handle this Presidential payment mandate. Subsequent ,you
are henceforth advice to make your transfer your self using the official
bank website to make your transfer to any nominated bank account of
you. Meanwhile before you can make this transfer you are advise to furnish
this office the needed information ,which is stated below.YOUR FULL
NAME:..............................YOUR
ADDRESS.................................YOUR TELL
Number?................................YOUR FAX
N?................................E-MAIL
ADDRESS...........................Bank
Name.......................Address:..............................Account
N...........................Bank Swift
Code................Beneficiary....................... If there is any
assistance need get back to me asap Sincerely Yours Namadi SamboNigeria,
Vice president*

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