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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: international court of justice <icjcourtn2@att.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:33:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT/INHERITANCE FUND OF US$45.5MILLION.


Dear Sir

 
RE: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT/INHERITANCE FUND OF US$45.5MILLION.
 
The  Senate President ,Federal Republic of Nigeria , Mark David (GCFR) and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , Lamidu Sanusi in Conjunction with the Board Of Directors , Sen., SN. Anyanwu held a meeting last few week s ago concerning contract payment, both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.
 
On going through contractors file yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of $45.5 Million of your contract 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 , CBM 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 the next 24hrs.
 
Now you are directed to contact Our Offshore Payment Center, Central Bank De Mali,  and demand to Speak to Mr. Mohammed Traore, immediately so that he will pay you and fax you the payment Copy Slips and also you should reconfirm your Banking Details, Personal Information’s for easy communications, Secret Code No: which is ( XXTN013), this is to avoid mistake while transferring your overdue contract payment to you today .
 
Contact Person:
Mr. Mohammed Traore,  Email: infocentralbank.de_mali@ymail.com, Tel: 0022365847608  , Contact him now and inform him that you received a message from the Senate President Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Instructing you to contact him for immediate release of your contract payment and forward your Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake such as
 
Your Bank Name:          
Your Bank Address:       
Your Direct Tel,Mobile & Fax No:   
Your Bank Account No:   
Routing No:      
Age & Occupation :
Your Driving license:
Full Name:
Address:
 
NOTE : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls and emails ,if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating you for years , I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately .

Best Regards
 
MR. DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

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