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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: fgn presidency <fgn2002presidency@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:14:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PAYMENT UPDATE


Dear Amarjit Singh,

The Federal Government of Nigeria has decided to pay you through our Oil Reserve Consolidated Account due to some anomalies and discrepancies in most of our federal ministries,local banks,NNPC and the Nations apex bank,Central Bank of Nigeria.

However,full scale and detailed investigation revealed that you have paid colosal amount of money to fraudulent individuals in time past and for that cogent reason the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to solely handle the payment of your fund through our Oil Reserve Consolidated Account for safety reasons.

For this singular payment purpose,you should send across your current receiving bank account to enable us perfect the final payment of your fund into it.You should as well include the contract payment information which will help facilitate the transfer in your behalf.

Sorry for what you might have gone through in the hands of our past dubious governmental officials in time past.

Respectfully yours,

Mr.Usman Bello,
Chairman,Debt Reconciliation Committee,


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