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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: paul williams <paul_williams611@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: paul_williams797@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:16:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONFIRM OR DISREGARD YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
Your Immediate Payment Notification
From:Maj. Gen. paul williams
Payment Release/Debt Settlement Committee
Attn: Hon beneficiary,
CONFIRM OR DISREGARD YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
Attention has been brought to us in form of a petition as regards the contracts which were completed and awaiting payment. Let me first inundate you with the fact that based on the petition forwarded to the Senate Committee on Foreign Financial Matters, which the copy of the petition was forwarded to the office of the Executive President Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN). It has been confirmed that your name appear in my office through the Federal Mministry of States (FMS) that you among those approved to receive an approved payment signed and approved by the Minister of finance on behalf of the presidency.
Meanwhile, I would like you to note that the government has granted Irrevocable Payment Approval for your fund the sum of $7.2 Million remittance, 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 affected and documented. As such you are to stop further dealings with anybody with immediate effect to avoid further extortion of your hard earn currency if you want to receive your fund.
Get back to this committee for further directives on how to receive your approved fund immediately.
Yours sincerely
Maj. Gen. paul williams
Chairman. Payment Release/Debt Settlement Committee.
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