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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: michealhardielawchambers@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:04:06 -0700
Subject: Re: Are You Aware Of This New Development??


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>From The Desk Of Barrister Micheal Hardie
Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit
No.12 Ibrahim Taiwo Street, Aso Villa,
Abuja, Nigeria.

Office Number: +2348164569062

Good Day

I'm directed to contact you by the (WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
FUND )to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Mrs Lee Woung
and COLLEAGUES who claims to be your business associate/ partner in your
country .

The said Mrs Lee Woung is claiming to us that you are dead and she will
like to change all the Information that you gave to us as our bonafide
beneficiary. Below is the new banking information were he wish to have this
funds transferred to:-

Bank of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
ABA: 026009593 (International)
ACCT. #:003042656833
ACCT: Name: FMS Investments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy

This development is coming up now that the Ministry want to offset all your
outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries around the
world in which your payment file was affected.As you may know, the total
amount in your favor is a total sum of $7.5 Million U.S Dollars. We need to
confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead and If we did not
hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead and the
information passed to us by Mrs Lee Woung and is correct.

You are to contact me as soon as you receive this message so as to know
the true position of things with you so that we would not make any mistake
in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person/account.

Your swift response will help this ministry a lot. Do email me with your
Full names and Direct Cell Number for an easy communication, your age and
occupation to this effect.

Regards


Barrister Micheal Hardie
Public Officer, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit
NFIU
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This e-mail including attachments, is confidential, may be privileged and
is intended solely for the use of the name recipients(s). If you
are not the intended receipt, do not disclose, distribute or retain it, and
please notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail.

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