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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: "EVANS AKU" <akuevans@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:56:59 +0100 (CET)
Subject: payment notification

ear Valued Beneficiary,

Citing the strong business tie between the overseas and the people of Nigeria, the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are conducting an investigation to worldwide fraud practices that are known as "Advance fee-fraud" or "419-fraud".
This Joint Task Force is saddled with the responsibility to check, probe and investigate cases that center on abuse of office, diversion of public funds and property, mismanagement and stealing of public funds at the Federal, States and International levels in Nigeria and other Corrupt Practices within the shores of the Africa Continent.

The EFCC has also received several complaints from various affected beneficiaries from all over the world who have been swindled off their hard earned monies and has not received their funds hitherto. We are not unaware that you have not received your fund due to the past corrupt Government Officials who has frustrated and subjected you to various insensitive procedures, all in their selfish bid to swindle your fund into their personal accounts abroad
At this juncture, you are advised to refrain from any activities or dealing with any anonymous Nigerian(s), as we have been mandated to control this payment exercise by ensuring that all funds owed to every individual beneficiary or organizations are duly paid to them without delay. Therefore, you are enjoined to rely on the conventional integrity of the EFCC and the constitutional processes to effect the release of your payment.

To this effect, we wish to gladly inform you that from the calculated sum of US$4.5 Million from the World Bank for the Nigeria Debts Resolution, you have been approved to receive a part-payment sum of US$4.5 Million only, and you will have to recieve your fund in form of Automated Teller Card commonly known as ATM Card, alongside a custom pin number which you will use to make withdrawals of your funds from any Inters witched ATM machines. The ATM card has a handbook or manual script to enlighten you about how to use it.

We have agreed that you should pay only delivering fee which is $100 and you MUST receive your card.

Moreover, this is the people that received there payment through fedEx.

website (www.FEDEX.com).

Devadass Dass====================871359761819
Charlie Love====================871359761727
Thomas Menefee===================871359809324
Patrick Craddock==================871359809313
RICHARD AUTRY ================= 869713119185
OWEN J KAYODE ================== 871363130860
MARK STUBBS =====================871363116168
LEWIS SMITH======================871358164322


This is the paying information that you will use and send the $100 U.S. DOLLARS through western union money transfer.

Name: John Francis
Address: Lagos-Nigeria
Question: $100
Answer: yes

I wait the payment information to enable us proceed for the delivering of your card.And you are adviced to call me with this number +2348030737383

You have to reconfirm your full information such as follow:

Full Name: ..........................................
Home Address or Office:
Cell Phone and Home Phone number:........................


Evans Aku.

Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,
Skye Bank of Nigeria SBP
Phone: +2348030737383

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