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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 Edward L.Adamu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.edward2019@mail.ru>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 03:05:44 -0300
Subject: From Central Bank of Nigeria

Dear Friend

I am Mr Edward L.Adamu Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria, my office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and financialinstitutions in Nigeria concerned with foreign contract payments.

I am the final signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels in line to foreign contract settlement, i have before me a list of funds,
which could not be transferred to some nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as ghost accounts, unclaimed deposits or over-invoiced sum, etc.

I write to present to you from the federal government of Nigeria that you are among the people expecting the funds to be transferred into their account as a foreign contractor. on this note, i wish to
negotiate a deal with you as regards to the unpaid certified contract funds.

I have all the files before me and the date's will be changed to your name to enable you receive the funds into your nominated bank account as the beneficiary of the fund's amount of $10,500.000 usd (Ten
Million Five Hundred Thousand United states Dollars). as it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the federal government treasury and reserve accounts as unclaimed deposits, i have
the opportunity to write to you based on the instructions i received recently from the senate committee on contract payments /foreign debts to submit the list of payment reports / expenditures and audited
reports of revenues. among several others, i have decided to remit this sum following my idea that we have a deal/agreement and i am going to do this legally.

My conditions are as follows.

1. You will take 50% of the contract funds while 50% will belong to me and my colleagues in the office as soon as you confirm it in your designated bank account.

2. This deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be strictly by email / telephone that i will provide for you, and they are private for security purposes to forestall information leakage.

3. You will be required to provide the needed information bellow

Your full name....................
Your home address.................
Your private cell phone number....
Your next of kin's name...........
Your occupation...................
Your i.d card.....................
Your bank information.............

We have Four options of payment which you are to choose from

(1) Bank to bank transfer
(2) Atm master card
(3) Diplomatic cash deliver to your home address
(4) Online Banking Transfer


4.Both of us have to invest on this deal and no cent will be removed from the total sum to procure all the legal documentation that will be sent to your home address as a contractor to Nigerian government
so that your government will not have the right to question you as soon as the funds move into your bank account.

I will advise you on what to do both my official bank email immediately upon hearing from you and the transfer will commence without delay, as i will proceed to fix your name on the payment schedule instantly to meet the seven days
mandate.

I am waiting for your reply and please do call me on my cell phone number for more information.

Sincerely,

Mr Edward L.Adamu
Deputy Governor Central Bank Of Nigeria
Cell Number:+234-9090694996
Telephone Number:+234-1-4536435

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