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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: FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC <root@fssprus.ru>
Reply-To: <firstbankofnig@comtube.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:19:31 +0100
Subject: FROM; FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. &&& Attention Beneficiary,

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
35 Marina Street Lagos Island,
P. O. Box 5216,
LAGOS- NIGERIA.

Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:05 AM

Attention Beneficiary,

I am Dr.Stephen Olabisi, the Group Managing Director of this Bank. My
Boss, Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) Chief Executive Officer of this
bank is now on compulsory leave and all power have been vested on me to
make all international payments.Due to reported cases of corrupt
practices in other Nigeria Banks including the Central Bank of Nigeria,
the Federal Government has revoked/cancelled all power vested on those
banks and has appointed our bank First Bank of Nigeria to make all
foreign payments.

Be informed that the Federal Government have approved the release of
part-payment of $2.5M (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand US-Dollars
only) out of your total funds, which has been in this bank for many
years unclaimed because my boss Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA),
collaborated with the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria to refuse to
tell you the truth on how to claim your fund because he has been using
the interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself
without your knowledge.

I want to help you pull out this fund to your bank account using the
easiest and the quickest method, which have not been made known to you
before. By this method, you will open a domiciliary account with this
bank First Bank of Nigeria , your fund would be lodged into this
domiciliary account and paid in directly to any bank of your
choice.After the transfer, you will confirm the fund in your bank
account within five hours the same day. No Cost of Transfer COT and no
stoppage from any Government departments as the transfer will be done
within the bank alone and it is very safe.

The method which was introduced to you before is the Telegraphic
Transfer TT for which confirmation was 48hrs, because of the time
factor,petitions could come from various organizations stopping your
payment and asking you to pay huge fee which would be difficult for you
to pay so that they can benefit from the huge interest your fund
generates while still in the Bank.

This method is not safe for you because it is not done within the bank
alone as information of the payment would be sent to the Central Control
Unit CCU of the Federal Ministry of Finance and office of the
Accountant General of the Federation.

As a good Christian, I have nothing to gain by keeping your fund, I
want to assist you receive your fund before my boss resumes office. You
have to follow up and work with me now, so keep this very confidential
because of fraudsters and impostors who go about presenting various bank
accounts in order to divert another beneficiary's fund.

To avoid mistake on the transfer of the fund to a wrong account,kindly
reconfirm your present/valid bank account co-ordinates and your phone
number to enable me commence on the required transfer procedure of the
fund to your account immediately.I awaits the reconfirmation.

Yours sincerely,
Dr.Stephen Olabisi
Group Managing Director

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