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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: Phillip Osume <dassadbb1@remon.ro.tn>
Reply-To: <barristphilliposume2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 08:46:42 +0100
Subject: Your Urgent Reply Needed,/


security Operation Code: (FDMO / IDMO / 793XXCL / 04) SUBJECT: FINAL PAYMEN=
T NOTICE OF US$18.8M (Eighteen Million, Eigth Hundred Thousand United State=
Dollars) READ CAREFULLY. .............Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB Regards to you=
r contract/Inheritance payment on file MVF/FMF/05/05/2016 of the debt re-co=
nstitution set up by the new G.C.F.R President Muhammadu Buhari. Att; Sir, =
This is to officially inform you that we have verify on your Contract/Inher=
itance file and found out that why you have not receive your payment is bec=
ause you have not fulfill the financial obligations giving to you in respec=
t to your Contract / Inheritance Payment. Until today a circular/Query was =
sent from the Treasury Section this morning to enable my office Confirm tha=
t you issued a letter of Authority for a change of Beneficiary and receivin=
g address from your name/Address to Mr. Paul Bowen from Austra. The circula=
r stated that one Mr. Paul Bowen came to the Treasury Department claiming t=
o be from your sister company in Luxembourg with a letter of Authority purp=
orted to have been written by you that the total Inheritance sum should be =
transferred into your sister Company Account in Austra and that they are re=
ady to pay the outstanding fee of US$750 (Seven Hundred and Fifty United St=
ates Dollars Net) meant for the procurement of the insurance policy certifi=
cate) obtainable from the legal department in order to receive the fund. Pl=
ease what is happening? I will want you to confirm the following issues: 1.=
Do you have a sister company in Autra? 2. Did you give anybody a power of =
attorney to receive your Inheritance payment/ entitlement on your behalf? 3=
=2E Should we authorize the Treasury Department to acknowledge and validate=
the purported authority to change Beneficiary and have the fund transferre=
d to Mr. Paul Bowen on matters concerning your claims/payment. Please note =
that you have between 4 working days from the date of this letter to attend=
and clarify the issue raised above or this office will conclude that all t=
he issues raised are correct and subsequently confirm to the Treasury Depar=
tment to deal with Mr. Paul Bowen. In the light of the above, this office s=
hall not welcome any petition or Blames letter that your fund was wrongly p=
aid/transferred to someone else if you do not respond to this letter.It is =
our tradition to first confirm the original beneficiary before any Reconfir=
mation can be given to the Treasury Department Point a annotate: Prior to t=
he issue raised above. After the effort and time you went as far as authori=
zing your Sister Company to receive the same Inheritance payment on your be=
half without my consent. Based on this your payment with instructions from =
the Treasury Department had been stopped automatically unless you clear thi=
s issue raised above by convincing my humble self and the Treasury Departme=
nt that you never authorize such an act. This must be supported with an Aff=
idavit of claims /Declaration denouncing such claims by Mr. Paul Bowen. Wit=
hout such a Declaration; no payment shall be paid to you. This Declaration =
must be sworn through the High Court of Justice Nigeria. Re-confirm the fol=
lowing information 1.Your Full names. 2.Your Telephone and fax numbers. 3.Y=
our Contact address. 4 Id Card. 5.Current Occupation. Awaiting your immedia=
te response. Yours faithfully, Barr. Phillip Osume

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