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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: Sayeed Adamu <sayeedadamu711@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:14:05 -0700
Subject: Dear contractor,

Dear contractor,
Sir,


My name is Mr. Sayeed Adamu, the chairman of the Foreign Contract Review
Panel. This office was inaugurated on Thursday, 22nd February 2018, by His
Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari.


The purpose of this office is to redeem the battered image of this country
(NIGERIA) by looking into the affairs of all the foreign unpaid
debts/contractors who have successfully completed their contract here in
Nigeria. It might interest you to know that we stumbled into your file with
CONTRACT No:- NNPC/PED/KAD-PHR/X4356/99 and from our investigations, we
uncovered that your funds has been approved for payment by the Presidency
and Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria but was
withheld by some people who wanted to divert the funds to their associates
accounts.


Following this, we have filed for the release of your full payment, but
unfortunately the Senate Committee on Foreign Contracts was able to approve
only a part payment of US$14,500,000.00 in your name. We have also secured
approvals from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing and Federal
Ministry of Finance on the above mentioned amount.


The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has already finalized agreement to pay
you with ATM VISA CARD. The ATM CARD will be issued here in Nigeria through
UBA BANK PLC and courier to your house. With the ATM card, you can make a
maximum withdrawal of US$5,000.00 per a day. We resorted to this method to
avert the problem of unending stop orders by some Governmental Agencies
here in Africa. Sequel to this, we request that you reconfirm to us how you
choose to receive the funds. We also request that you reconfirm the
followings:


1. Your full names.
2. Your recent contact address.
3. Your direct telephone numbers.


Note that you are advised to respond back to this message without delay so
that We can submit your information to the Central Bank of Nigeria for
payment. We are very sorry for all the inconveniences you encountered in
your efforts of receiving this over due payment.


Yours,
Mr. Sayeed Adamu.
Chairman (F.C.R.P.)

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