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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: "Hon.Senator Idris Kuta" <test@payway.cm>
Reply-To: presidency_nigeria2013@administrativos.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:58:38 +0100
Subject: Attention Dear Sir/Madam



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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
8 ASOKORO LAGOS/ABUJA NIGERIA
Email:presidency_nigeria2013@administrativos.com
PHONE: +234 -8056394536




Attention Dear Sir/Madam

This is Hon.Senator Idris Kuta third Citizen Federal Republic Of Nigeria
the Personal Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari.



This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $5.000, 000, 00 USD
(Five Million
United State Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this payment
as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as
soon
as possible for the immediate payments of your $5.000, 000, 00 USD
compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, know that during the last U.N.
meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in
the meetings
on the lose of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scams
artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to
compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian
Government is now paying 150 victims of this operators $5.000, 000, 00
USD each in accordance
with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient
Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be supervised by the
United
Nations' Officials and the Central Bank Nigeria as the corresponding
paying bank is GUARANTY TRUST BANK.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has
been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still
have
more 36 left to be paid the compensations of GUARANTY TRUST BANK each.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested
as one
of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever
as
the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So
keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not
been
contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible
consideration.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) (Motto: No Body is
Above the Law) have combined effort with the United Nation Anti-crime
commission to alleviate and redeem the image and past wounds of
foreigners and firms who were defrauded, scammed and abandoned by this
syndicates to
slight down our dignities to international communities.

Many banks have been in bankruptcy today, Universal firms, Companies and
individuals due to the activity of these hoodlums. However,
investigations
have shown that these people have dropped over 500,000 victims after
collecting their money falsefuly, many committed suicide and others
living
by the grace of God.

With the sanity presently at hand, we have over 250 convicts at hand,
184 in kirikri prisons while many are still awaiting trial while We
still fetch
for others who feel they are wise and hope that you will be our friend
by giving us more information as per clue in apprehending them.



You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options you
Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS/ATM CARD or WIRE TRANSFERS. I shall feed
you
with further modalities as soon as I hear from you. For more information

please call +234 -8056394536

Yours faithfully,
Muhammadu Buhari.

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