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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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Fraud email example:

From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mark_collins2011@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 19:28:13 -0200
Subject: Dear Funds Beneficiary,

Dear Funds Beneficiary,

My names are Mr Mark K.Collins, I am in the Central Intelligence Unit (CBN) and sometimes in the past I was contacted by an attorney here in my bank (Clement Orbed)(CBN) though he may have hidden his real identity for obvious reasons, as an officer trained to check fraud and diversion of beneficiary's funds in my department, I have been contacted by your so-called former partners through my wife who works in the Federal Ministry of Finance, for a money transfer deal which file was on my department having been discovered to be an inheritance claim belonging to one of our late customers (MR GOODLUCK) having obliged them on the grounds that I be compensated with the sum of $1musd after the deal is concluded, but after all the necessary moves and they saw that the deal was almost done, I was turned down.

Having been trained to check transactions of this nature, I secretly held back the secret pin number of the funds on the grounds that I would only be compensated before releasing it to them as this is the only thing that is required to get the funds remitted into the account details they had nominated.After waiting all this while to see where their effort could take them, both those made to divert the said funds with the assistance of a Diplomat by the person of Larry Martins Williams, but the file getting to my desk I would frustrate them as I shall be required to put down my signature before the remittance and transfer would take place.

After sleeping over everything and more-so, the heavy-weights that had been on my way in my departments had all been shown the way out and coupled with my promotion as a director in the International Remittance Department Central Intelligence Unit. I do not intend to stick unto my former agreement as your former partners did, but I would want to make a point, that without them this funds can get to you.

>From my assessment of your payment file, I was able to discover you had been taken for a ride, I only want you to have one thing in mind and that is if you decide to go along with me let your decision be total and if I feel I am being betrayed I have an option to back out, also that your former friends(Clement Orbed)(CBN)be kept out of this transaction.

You are advised not to spend any cent if you cannot go along with me as I have sworn never to release the payment code without talking to you personally.

You have a choice to go along with me or take the other option, my names are Mr Mark K.Collins and my direct telephone number is 234-8144045267.

Best regards,

Mr. Mark Collins.

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