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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. Sayeed Adamu." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sayeedadamu@onet.pl>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 19:34:51 -0800
Subject: Attn: Contractor

 
Attn: Contractor,
Sir,
My name is Mr. Sayeed Adamu, the chairman of the Foreign Contract Review Panel. This office was inaugurated on Thursday, 18th January 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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