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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: "Senate Presidential Foreign Boards Committee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nfcawdxpc207@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:03:08 +0100
Subject: Greetings Email Debts Beneficiary.

Dear Sir,
 
We write to inform you that United State Foreign Trustee Committee have passing approval remittance advice to Office Of Accountant General to release your debts outstanding payment during their, Debts Re-conciliation's Meeting on Beneficiaries Emails debts list name with office of the "Presidency  & Supreme Court of Justice", due to so many email messages and calls you are receiving every day by day from different countries.
 
Therefore you are advice to forward your FULL receiving bank information, Passport copy ID and your telephone number to Supreme Court of Justice for immediate clearance transfer of your approved debts email name payment sum of USD9.6000,000.00 into your bank account through Office Of Accountant General.
 
Yours financial services,
PRINCE ANTHONY MOORE.

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