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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: "DR LEKAN JOHNSON" <info@cbn.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drlekan@myway.com
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:44:37 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION/REVIEW

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION/REVIEW


ATTN

I AM DR LEKAN JOHNSON, THE PROTOCOL OFFICER OF CENTRAL BANKK OF NIGERIA.I
AM WRITING TO NOTIFY YOU OF OUR INTENDING PAYMENT OF THE CONTRACT PAYMENT OF
JSK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BASED IN LAGOS WHICH YOU WERE STATED AS THE NEXT OF
KIN / BENEFICIARY TO THE CHAIRMAN/OWNER OF THE COMPANY.YOU FUNDS WILL BE PAYED TO YOU THROUGH OUR CLEARING HOUSE IN EUROPE

CONTRACT AWARDED- 01/04/2003
CONTRACT #- FMWHT/R5467/0306
COMPLETION- 04/02/004

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORWARD THE FOLLOWING- FULL NAME AS IN YOUR
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, FULL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS , TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER TO
ALLOW FOR ONWARD PROCESSION.


REGARDS,
DR LEKAN JOHNSON




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