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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: "SENATE HOUSE COMMITEE" <senatehousecommitteenigeria@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:13:37 -1200
Subject: ATTN: (RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)

SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
E-mail:senatehousecommitteenigeria@yahoo.co.uk
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

ATTN: 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 AND THAT WAS THE REASON
WHY YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO
YOU HAVE PROVED FRUITLESS. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH
AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO BE PUT TO A STOP IF YOU
WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND. 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 FROM MR. PRESIDENT, MUSA YAR'ADUA(GCFR) FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FBI.

THIS CARDCENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE
TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE
WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET
US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC CARD
PAYMENT CENTER MR. CHINEDU ONYIA VIA EMAIL ADDRESS:
cbnnigeria@infohq.com

AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESSES WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT
USD$8.3MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008.
ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER
COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID
ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. FOR ORAL DISCUSSION,
EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE
FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT
FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR
CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE
THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS
YOUR SUBJECT.

BEST REGARDS
SENATOR DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT

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