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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. Jesess Dom." <mrgodwin3emefieie20201@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.jesessdon2021@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 02:33:36 -0700
Subject: CONTRACT /INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION ORDER

Attn: Beneficiary,


CONTRACT /INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION ORDER


I am Jeses Don, I believe that this name sounds strange to you, but I
am delighted to write you in respect of your fund remittance, which
transfer has remained unsuccessful. I am very sure that you must have
lost hope of ever getting your fund transfer released especially after
all the frustrations, endless disappointment and broken promises in
the hands of some officials.

This request must be noted in view of the fact that the current
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, is yet
to be briefed on some outstanding issues and information by his
predecessor and other top officials of the Bank who are not political
appointees and who have worked in the bank for more than 2decades.
Briefly, I am quite sure that you must be wondering the reason behind
the non-release of your long awaited fund after our Government
officially granted approval for its remittance. I may also believe
that you would have received countless, unconfirmed and spurious
payment Advices and remittance instructions from some officials
indicating that they have granted approval for the transfer of your
fund.

You may have also been directed to visit different cities and
countries with the instruction that your fund would be released at
such payment post or that your fund could be delivered to you at your
residence. All these are cooked up Stories from impostors who wish to
extort money from you while they do not have any knowledge of the true
position of your fund transfer. Meanwhile, I would like you to note
the following.

(1) Our government has granted irrevocable payment approval for your
fund remittance.
(2) Official release of this fund according to the record from the
office of the Accountant General of the Federation and Ministry of
Finance have been duly effected and documented.

(3) Your fund is presently being held at the paying bank (details
available with me). However for the avoidance of doubt,the reason for
the non-release of the fund by the Correspondence Bank is due to the
fact that the Bank has not received any direct instruction about the
beneficiary of the outstanding amount as the fund is still being held
in the name of the original contractor, ELBLAN IND.S.A. LUXEMBOURG,
(details available with me), in view of the non-provision of a proof
of ownership of the fund.

The original contractors in collaboration with a top official of the
Trade & Exchange department of the central bank has been rolling the
fund with the Foreign Bank and the interest is shared among the
officials. If you are very certain that you will not disclose this
information to anyone, get back to me and I will give you further
directives on what you should do immediately.

Yours sincerely,
Mr.Jeses Don.

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