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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: rigo feretz <feretzrigo5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <feretz@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:16:08 -0600
Subject: Resolution




FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COPLEX
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
ABUJA NIGERIA

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB Your ref:


Office of the Director of Operations International Credit Settlement Central Bank of Nigeria. Attention Beneficiary: This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your contract / inheritance payment. Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the bank in your attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such illegal act like this have to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center, Asia pacific that is the latest instruction by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money from any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is one thousand five hundred dollars per day, so if you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the followinginformation: 1. Your full name 2. Phone and fax numbers3. Address where you want them to send the ATM card to, P.O. Box not acceptable4. Your age and current occupation 5. A copy of your identity contact person: Mr. Rigo Feretz
Integrated Payment Department The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out $10,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2007. For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s). This is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment. Email me back as soon as you receive this important message for further direction in this regard
Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (811) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center.
Thanks and remain blessed.
Yours faithfully,

Mr. Rigo Feretz
Integrated payment DepartmentCentral Bank of Nigeria
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