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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: "Foreign Debt Office" <jghu76@poczta.onet.pl>
Reply-To: <citibnk@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:44 -0700
Subject: Your Payment Sir

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FOREIGN DEBT DISBURSEMENT BOARD
Annex IV, National State House,
Asokoro Abuja.
E-Mail: pijtvg003@gmx.com
Our Ref: FDDC/X008/10
 
Dear sir,
 
RE: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL BANK
DRAFT
 
I wish to inform you that based on the intervention of the UNITED
NATIONS and THE WORLD BANK, with over USD500m(five hundred million
United States Dollars)only debt settlement intervention fund, the
president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has stepped into the
payment of unpaid debts arising from completed contracts, inheritance
claims, and award winning prizes, owed to foreign creditors. FOREIGN
DEBT DISBURSEMENT BOARD has therefore been constituted following a bill
establishing the board passed into law by the Nigeria Senate.
 
With the undersigned sworn in as the Chairman, the president has
mandated the board to reconscile all outstanding debts and disburse
with promtness to the creditors. In keeping to this mandate, the board
held meeting with representatives of concerned departments, relevant
ministries, and appointed paying banks. The resolution in line with the
presidency directive is that your payment should be raised in CERTIFIED
INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT (drawn direct from the FEDERAL TREASURY) which
you will receive for deposit to your bank to clear the fund issued into
your bank account within 3-5days of depositing the draft to your bank.
 
Having received and reviewed payment files from relevant bodies, yours
was among the files vetted and recomended for payment. You are on this
note directed to contact without delay the undersigned via the given
E-mail: pijtvg003@gmx.com to lay your claims putting forward your
personal and valid information for the raising of the approved sum of
USD1.3m(one million, three hundred thousand United States Dollars)only
in certified international bank draft which will be available for your
collection within 72hours of receipt and confirmation of your claims.
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
Dr. Peter Ijezie(KSJ)
Chairman

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