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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: "Fact Finding Commission" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.nachaabdulahi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:50:26 -0500
Subject: RE: PLEASE CLARIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

Date: 18th February, 2016.

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE-CONTRACT PAYMENT ON NNPC/PED/397/WARREF.
VALUED US$10.5 MILLION.

Complement of the season.

By legislative resolution reached on the 10th of February, 2016
following the complaint and petition received by the
Office of the President and Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(President Muhammadu Buhari) from foreign beneficiaries
over the non-payment of their claims, this presidential
commission on fact finding and foreign payment was
inaugurated to release immediately all the payment
that have received approval, like yours.

We are pleased to inform you that we have verified
every aspect of your payment and have submitted a
written report to the President of Nigeria, the House
of Senate and the Federal House of Representative sub
committees on Finance and Foreign Payment. We are
going to transfer your payment upon receiving your
confirmation because we are confused on which account
to make the transfer into as we received a Switzerland
Bank Account details from one MR. GARRY FAULKNER
who claimed to be the rightful beneficiary thereby
contradicting your earlier account detail in our data base.

PLEASE CLARIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(1). Did you at any point transfer your right of
ownership to one MR. GARRY FAULKNER to claim and
receive the payment on your behalf?

(2). His claim was backed with a "Deed of Agreement "
in his favour thereby indicating the fund destination
to the following account:
Account name: MR. GARRY FAULKNER
Account No: 202-0000-60233 USD
Bank Name: ANZ BANK, 3200 Basel, Switzerland.
Swift Code:ANZPUS3XXS

Are you aware of this?

You are required as a matter of urgency to confirm the
legitimacy of the above claim and the reason for such
change. In event you did not authorize such claim,
please confirm to us immediately by way of application
for contract/inheritance payment reconfirming to us the
following data:

1) Your Full Name
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile
3) Company Name, Position and Address
4) Profession, Age and Marital Status
5) Work ID or International Passport

All letters must be attention and sent to the Chairman of
the Commission Barr. Nacha Abdulahi on the following email
address:

barr.nachaabdulahi@gmail.com

You are required to submit this authentication before the
payment will be effected as we are bound to recognize
MR. GARRY FAULKNER’S claim and release the payment if
we do not receive your submission to this enquiry as
quickly as possible.

We look forward to hear from you soon.

Regards,
Barr. Nacha Abdulahi
Chairman, Fact Finding and
Contract Payment Commission.
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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