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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: "oceanic bank" <oceanic.bank@contractor.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:16:55 +0200
Subject: INFORMATION

ATTENTION/INFORMATION
 
This is to inform you that after the general meeting held few hours
back by the board of directors of our bank regarding the safest  and
simplest  means to get your fund  across to you without any
governmental interference or obstruction, we concluded that your fund
will be delivered directly to you through a diplomatic channel over
there in your country, this means that your fund will be delivered to
you as a consignment by a diplomat. Also for you to sign facially the
necessary fund release order documents on arrival of the officers in
your country.
This decision came up as a result of the new strict law to control
Terrorism, Money Laundering and Drugs related activities around the
world, every huge amount of money transferring through  bank to bank
wire transfer can attract governmental intervention which may result
to confiscation of the money,so in order to avoid  this, we have
agreed that the money be moved to you through a diplomatic means.
We are in negotiation with a diplomatic delivery courier who will
deliver the consignment to you, the consignment will be delivered to
you directly in your designated address over there in your country,So
I would like you to reconfirm your address where you would like the
consignment to be delivered to you. After which we will notify you
when the delivery will take place.
Note; the diplomat who is going to deliver the consignment to you, is
not going to know the content of the consignment, his work is to
deliver the consignment to you safely, he is going to deliver it to
you as a sealed personal belongings, and any delivery charge that will
involve you will pay it when the diplomat arrive in your country.
When we conclude with the diplomat, I am going to give you the
appointment date when the consignment will be delivered to you; I will
have the date for the delivery for you hopefully by tomorrow. And as a
legal and professional banker, I want to assure and re-assure  you
that this is the safest means of getting the money across to you
without any interference. I wait for the reconfirmation of your
residential or office address .so that I can continue with the plans
immediately Thanks for your anticipated understanding and maximum
cooperation.
PLEASE THIS IS THE EMAIL TO CONTACT THE PAYING OFFICE
OFFICIAL EMAIL presidency_presidency@presidency.com
GODWIN EMEFIELE
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, CBN
BEST REGARD
JOHNSON  MORIS

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