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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: "MR.JOHN HOLLADAY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james_mark87@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 02:00:40 +0100
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR APPROVED PAYMENT

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR APPROVED PAYMENT


OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT/LOTTERY WINNERS)
ASO ROCK ABUJA NIGERIA.


Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

Date . 1/3/2017


Attn: Beneficiary

We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the

auspices of the civilian Head of state, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , held a

meeting last week concerning all payment , both foreign and local Beneficiaries, inheritance funds and lottery winners.

On going through files, we discovered that your file was dumped/ withhold by corrupt official of regime of former hard of

state government President Goodluck Jonathan, at this juncture .Stop communicating with any office now and attention to the

appointed Paying Bank , Central Bank Of Nigeria with below information for you to receive your payment accordingly. This is

according to the mandate the new elected President Government of Nigeria gave to us to release all the foreign and local

contractors payment, inheritance funds and lottery winners as he take over power from the former Government regime of

president Goodluck Jonathan

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460029, Allocation No: 674634 Password No : 339336 , Pin Code No: 55974 and your

Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1104433 ; Secret Code No:

XXTN013 ,Having received these vital payment number , therefore you are qualified now to received and confirm your payment to

the Board of Directors Central Bank Of Nigeria immediately. Take note that .your approved total amount is USD10.5M.

Now you are directed to contact the Board of Directors Central Bank Of Nigeria (Dr.James Mark) immediately for more details

on this your approved payment and also you should reconfirm these information:your full name & contact address,

nationality,occupation and contact telephone & fax numbers.This is to avoid mistake while transferring your overdue payment

.Choose among these two options below to the paying bank for your payment as we agreed with new elected Nigeria President and

inform the Board of Directors Central Bank Of Nigeria (Dr.James Mark) on the one most convenient to you for you receive your

payment. We have sent your payment file to office of Board of Directors Central Bank Of Nigeria (Dr.James Mark)

{A} Bank to Bank wire Transfer to your account.
{B} ATM CARD PAYMENT.

CONTACT NAME:Dr.James Mark
2) BANK NAME:Central Bank Of Nigeria
3) EMAIL ADDRSS:james_mark87@yahoo.com

Contact him by email and inform him that you received an email from The Federal House of Senate Federal Republic of Nigeria

, instructing you to contact him for immediate payment of your funds and forward your payment details to his office to avoid

transfer mistake .

NOTE : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call , if we still find out that you are still dealing

with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating people , we shall stop and cancel your payment immediately .

Best Regard
MR.JOHN HOLLADAY
SENATE PRESIDENT
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)

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