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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: " Lt General Peter Olu (Rtd)." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peterolupaycenter@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:03:22 -0700
Subject: DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT

SECURITY CONFIDENTIAL
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT



Attention: Our Honorable Beneficiary


I am General Peter Olu (Ltd) National Special Adviser to the new appointed
President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Republic of
Nigeria, I am delighted to inform you that the contract
panel, which just concluded it seating in Abuja just
released your name among contractors
to benefit from the Diplomatic Immunity Payment.





This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate
manipulated contract and inheritance claims,contracts and
over-invoiced payment as the negative effects has eaten deep
into the Economy of our dear country.

Disregard any replica of this message without the
presidential allocation code as stated above. However, we
wish to bring to your notice that your contract/ inheritance
profile is still reflecting in our central computeronic
presidential system as an unpaid contract/ inheritance
during auditing excise.

Your payment file was forwarded to my office by the auditors as
unclaimed fund, we wish to use this medium to inform you
that for the time being, Federal Government of Nigeria have
stopped further payment through bank to bank transfer,
payment by draft or ATM except
on some special instructions, due to foreign beneficiary
numerous petitions to United Nations, FBI, CIA and
international police against Nigeria on wrong payment and
diversion of foreign funds to different acco!

unts.





In this regards we are going to send your contract or
inheritance part payment of US$4.5 Million.To you via our
accredited shipping company and I have secured every needed
documents to cover the money. Note: The money is coming on 1
security proof box. The
box are sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with
machine. Please you don't have to worry for anything,as
the transaction is 100% secure. The box are coming with a
Diplomatic agent who will accompany the box to your house
address.

Be informed that we have verified your payment file as
directed to us and your name is next on the list of our
outstanding contract/inheritance fund beneficiaries to
receive their payment at this plenary section of the year
2014 and due to too many funds beneficiaries
due for payment at this plenary section of the year, you
are entitled to receive the sum of Four Million five Hundred
United States Dollars (US$4,500,000) only, as part payment
so as to enable us pay other beneficiaries.



To facilitate with the process of this transaction, please
kindly re-confirm

the following information below:

1) Your full Name and Address;

2) Phones, Fax and Mobile No;

3) Profession, Age and Marital Status

4) Copy of any valid form of your Identification;



Note: The diplomat does not know the original contents of
the box.What l declared to them as the contents is Sensitive
Photographic Film Materials for security reasons. I did not
declare money to them please.



If they call you and ask you the contents please tell them
the same thing Ok,call me on my direct phone phone +234-8037688471
. confirm the receipt of this message and send the
requirements to me immediately you receive this message.
note that is urgent you get
back to us because the boxes are schedule to live as

soon as we hear from you. Call me immediately.

Congratulations.

Best Regards,

Lt General Peter Olu (Rtd).

National Security Adviser to the President

Federal Republic of Nigeria.

phone +234-8037688471

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