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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: Director of Skye Bank Of Nigeria <mrsoscarboar91@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Director of Skye Bank Of Nigeria <skyebankofnigeri1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:41:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Skye Bank Of Nigeria


  From Skye Bank Of NigeriaManaging Director of Skye Bank Of NigeriaAddress: Plot 84, Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island Lagos,Our Ref: CG/OF/2743/2014
In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF and the European Union(EU), on the meeting concerning your Inheritance we are to notify you of your enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt Management and Settlement Forum organized on the status of global arrangement to have your beneficiary fund settled once and for all. Having solicited and received the cooperation of the Nigerian Presidency, in harmonizing the sequence of payments, we have discovered from records of outstanding foreign inheritance fund of beneficiaries that your name and Payment was withheld and remain unpaid as a result of such bottleneck. On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you that all aspects of your payment claim is being harmonized, enabling part payment of US$10 MILLION to be Released to you urgently as you act on the instructions of this mail. Consequently, we have been directed by the world governing bodies.
>From the desk and database of the Skye Bank Of Nigeria, we have come to understand that you have been dealing with the sack officials according to the investigation and report from the World Bank, United Nations and International monetary fund, having solicited and received the cooperation of Nigerian Presidency, in harmonizing the sequence of payments that you have been making payment to impostors who are no longer in service.
I hope that you will deliberately think and put to a stop in communicating with people that have nothing to offer you and have been impersonating officials names and thereby derive joy in hurting others feeling because of their selfish interest. Consequently, we have been directed by the World Bank(WB), International Monetary fund(IMF) and united nation (UN) that supersedes every organization or organizations in the world to off set these outstanding debts in order to make sure you get your money without any further delay having solicited and received the cooperation of Nigerian Presidency and the directors of Skye Bank Nig Plc in harmonizing the sequence of payments as soon as you provide your full information needed to update your file in our skye Disc network.
Before we proceed with the final payment process, I will re-check your information to be sure that I contacted the right person, therefore, forward the below information:1)1) Your full name.2) Phone, fax and mobile #.3) Company name, position and address.4) Profession, age and marital status.5) Attach Copy of Identification.
As soon as this information is received, your file will be attended to immediately and your payment transferred without further delay. You must get back to me as soon as you receive this letter.Be advised that any contact or communication with us MUST have to be duly recorded and saved by you for reference purposes as we would want our transaction to be very open with you, but confidential in the sight of another third party. May we thank you immensely, for the due timing in your applied services to deal with this Institution, as we vow to offer you the utmost best of our services. We believe this arrangement will suit your condition and expectations; you are hereby advised to your information and to act very fast as you reply to this payment notification.thanks for your attention to this matter.
Yours Faithfully,Dr. Jason FadeyiManaging Director of Skye Bank Of Nigeria.Email:skyebankofnigeri1@gmail.com

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