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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidcoleman1@live.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:35:03 -0000
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY NOTIFICATION!

ATTN; SIR,

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A PAYMENT ORDER FROM CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA TO EFFECT A PAYMENT OF USD15M BY
CERTIFIED LLOYDS BANK DRAFT.

THIS WAS A RECENT DIRECTIVE FROM THE WORLD BANK DEBT
RECOVERY TEAM THAT VISITED NIGERIA.

CONFIRM THE NAME THAT WILL BE ON THE DRAFT SO THAT
THERE WILL BE NO MISTAKE AFTER ISSUANCE AND YOUR
ADDRESS WHERE THE DRAFT WILL BE DELIVERED TO AT NO
COST.

THIS DRAFT IS NOT LIKE ONES THAT FRAUDSTERS ISSUE IN
ORDER TO EXTORT MONEY FROM CLIENTS.

FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS MAIL.
CONGRATULATIONS

MALAM MOMOH DAURA.
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPRTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA


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