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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: gotop@gotop.net.cn
Reply-To: gbello@centrum.cz
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 23:05:17 +0200
Subject: Recovered Funds

Attn:Sir/Madam,



SUBJECT: YOUR RETRIEVED/RECOVERED FUNDS .

Worried and disturbed by the negative impacts the non-payment of funds to beneficiaries within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and sub region is having on the Socio political and economic situations within the sub region,especially with so much complaints from their European counterparts,The Presidency and Ecowas in conjunction with the Nigeria Senate has set up this commitee for the purpose of Fund Monitoring,Recovery and Compensation Unit to among other things recover/retrieve delayed and long outstanding funds and ensure that beneficiaries of such retrieved/recovered funds are genuinely identified and paid in accordance with requisite due diligence and due process and be paid via the Central Bank of Nigeria

Accordingly, your over due payment fund has been retrieved and recovered by this office. You are required to promptly and careful note and know the below and respond urgently.As stated above, your fund has been recovered by Ecowas through this office. Your recovered/retrieved fund is currently placed with the Central Bank of Nigeria from where it will be released and transferred to you directly and through the transfer instrumentality of the Central Bank of Nigeria via electronic wire transfer.

Your fund will be released and transferred to you once the requisite bureaucratic inquiries as concerns due diligence and process are completed and confirmed.

You are by this letter being advised and directed to stop all communication with persons and offices currently communicating with you because your fund is now recovered and secured and placed with the Central Bank of Nigeria from where it will be released and transferred to you upon completion of requisite bureaucratic inquiries.

We are aware of the activities of unscrupulous officials and impostors who deceive and defraud unsuspecting beneficiaries of funds and collect money from them. You are to know that your fund can not be released and transferred to by these impostors and criminals as they will only continue to deceive and defraud you. So you are advised to instantly stop all forms of communication with them.

Part of the mandate of this office is to identify through the Co-operation of beneficiaries how much money they have paid and sent to these impostors and criminals with the aim of identifying the criminals and impostors and recovering money paid and lost to the criminals and afterwards prosecute the identified criminals and refund and compensate the beneficiaries (victims of fraud).

Finally, we will give further details and intended modus for the release and transfer of your recovered/retrieved fund upon your Immediate reply of this letter with re-confirmation of the following:

1. Your full name,
2. Complete full address
3. You contact phone number
4. Any valid means of identification.
5. Your complete banking information,stating bank address,swift code,name of account officer.

Your prompt response, understanding and co-operation will effectively help us to rescue you from the hands of the criminals and impostors and have your fund released and transferred to you without delay.

Please respond to me for more details.


Truly Yours,

Sani Ahmed

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