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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: Office Senate President House <officesenatehouse2@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE FUND TRANSFER


OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB Your ref:

Attention: Beneficiary,

We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate,
on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian
Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of
State, President Umar M. Yara Adua and the Governor of
Central Bank Of Nigeria, Prof Charles Soludo held a
meeting last week concerning payment, both foreign and
local contractors and some inheritance funds.

On going through files yesterday, we discovered that
your file was dumped untreated , so at this juncture,
we apologize for the delay of your payment and please
stop communicating with any office now and attention
to the appointed office below for you to receive your
payment accordingly.

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021,
Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 , Pin Code
No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No :
103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex
confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013
,Having received these vital payment number ,
therefore You are qualified now to received and
confirm Your payment with the Federal Government of
Nigeria immediately within 24hrs.

Now you are directed to contact the Office of the
Paymaster General Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Rex
Johnson immediately so that he will pay you and fax
you the payment Copy Slip and also you should
reconfirm your banking Details , this is to avoid
mistake while transferring your overdue payment to you
today.

Contact Person: Dr. Rex Johnson
Email: dr.rexjohnson1@yahoo.com
Contact him now and inform him that you received an
email from The Federal House of Senate Federal
Republic of Nigeria , Instructing you to write him for
immediate release of your fund and forward your
Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake.
NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor
every in-coming call , if we still find out that you
are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have
been frustrating our efforts and defrauding
beneficiaries, We shall stop and cancel your payment
immediately.

Best Regards
DR. DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)

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