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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: FINAL FUND RELEASE PROCESS COMPLETED <paymentorder9@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:04:33 -0800
Subject: FINAL FUND RELEASE PROCESS COMPLETED.................

FINAL FUND RELEASE PROCESS COMPLETED

Dear Beneficially

We are so pleased to inform you of our recent final fund release
update of your overdue sum of $10,500,000.00.

After series of meeting since last week based of debt reconciliation
issues which we finally concluded today. Sir, we are very sorry for
the delay we’ve been having on your issue for the past 2-3yrs. We just
crosschecked your payment file properly and found out that it was the
previous CBN Governor Mr. Sanusi Lamido and Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo who
labeled your bank account as a fraud account and this has been the
reason why your transfer is always intercepted whenever it is been
transferred out of any bank here in Nigeria.

I apologize for all numerous charges we have been collecting and
demanding from you all this while. However, I am so glad that we have
finally gotten the truth of your matter and it has been resolved this
afternoon. Your bank account has been removed from the list of Money
Laundry where Mr. Sanusi Lamido and Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo placed it before
so your fund would go successfully when transferred on Monday morning.

Our headquarters in Washington DC approved your transfer today and
they have also cleared your name and bank details from the list of the
Crucial Terrorist Unit in the United States where those fools placed
it before. we need to send all hard copies of your fund documents and
all Anti-Terrorist Clearance certificates to you today so you can
receive them before Thursday and submit them to your bank because
that’s the instruction that will be placed on the transfer to your
bank. Your fund will be transfer with an outstanding order to your
bank that if the sole beneficiaries does not tender all original
copies of the fund documents and Anti-Terrorist Clearance
certificates, the fund should not be paid to you.

This outstanding order will be placed on your transfer for security
reasons so your transfer would not be hacked or intercepted by anyone
and mostly because of those dishonest CBN staffs who knows about your
transfer and who have been trying to divert your fund.

However, you will have to provide your postal address where those
documents would be delivered to today and the sum of $382 only for the
FedEx delivery and premium fee.

Please, be informed that you’re not entitle to make any further
payment for any approvals, documents or transfer apart from the
requested FedEx delivery and premium fee of $382 and you’re guaranteed
that your transfer must take place since we have found out what has
been holding your fund anytime it is been transferred.

Furthermore, you’re advice to send me your postal address and the
FedEx delivery and premium fee of $382 as soon as you receive this
email so I can handover those documents and the $382 to the FedEx
agent tomorrow morning.

Once again, be rest assured that your fund will be transferred within
2 banking days without any interception again since we have found out
the problem and it has been rectified.

RECEIVING WESTERN UNION DETAILS FOR THE FEDEX DELIVERY AND PREMIUM FEE:-

RECEIVING NAME IS ( NWANZE CHIDEBE )
RECEIVING ADDRESS ---------------LAGOS -NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION ----------------------WHAT FOR
TEXT ANSWER-------------------------GOOD.
SENDER’S COMPLETE NAMES & ADDRESS:

We anticipate your immediate action on this matter of global interest.

Yours faithfully,

MR GODWIN EMEFIELE

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