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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348081013387 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: <fundtransfers2010@hotmail.com>
Date:
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Dear Esteemed Customer,

We wish to announce to you that one of our big customers from Nigeria sent some huge amount of money in your name for the settlement of your long awaited funds. This amount is valued at Fourty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand US.Dollars 49,500,000.00(Fourty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand US.Dollars).

Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces(Alhai Umaru Musa Yaradua) that all outstanding forieghn debts especially next of kin payment should be released to the benefeciaries forthwith unconditionally.

To this regards we have opened up an account, to this regards we have arranged your funds for immediatee payment to you forthwith and unconditionally we have taking all this strict measurses to safegaurd the amount involved so that no other persorn can have acess to this funds except you .

And we shall transfer the money to your account immediately,as we have been instructed to make sure that this payment gets to you forthwith and unconditionally.

So before any of this money can be released to you must provide a release order certificate this document cost only $100,and you have to send by Western Union Money Transfer only with the below infomation.

Name: OJIMADU CHIDI-EBERE
Location:Lagos Nigeria
Test:Colour
Answer:Green

As soon as you send the fees email the M.T.C.N Number and city where money is sent from so that we can transfer the funds immediately.

By doing this ,there will be no way for you to tell any stories or complain that you did not recieve your funds,becuase if you fail to recieve your fund this final time it is your fault ,as the funds has totally been placed under your power and control,as you will confirm the funds in your local bank as soon as we transfer it today.

Endeavour to furnish us with your bank details where we can transfer the money to,these should include:

1.Your Bank Name & Address
2.Your Bank Account Number & Account name
3.Your Bank Routing Number & Swift Code

Once money is transfered we shall send you the payment slip for you to go to your account and confirm it.

Or we can convert the funds to an A.T.M and send to your address, if you want it that way, then confirm your address where you want the A.T.M card sent to,as soon as the A.T.M card is sent we shall send you the tracking number so that you will know when exactly the card will reach you.

Note:That we are paying only $500,000.00 only we shall make the payments installmentally untill the funds are complete .As soon as you confirm the first payment we shall pay the rest.

All you need to do at this moment is to Obtain your release order certificate which we will issue to you immediately as soon as you send the $100 ,so that we can confirm that you are the final benefactor as soon as you provide this certificate we shall realease your funds to you immediately ,in aternative you can go to any Bank Of America location fill out a withdrawal slip with the encrypted details we shall send to you and withdraw you money in cash. Note , that the maximum transaction permited in the above account on a daily bases is only $150,000.000 if this amount is exceeded ,then your account will be freezed inline with the Bank Of America Banking Policy Rules And Regulation. Be made aware of the fact that this is the last payment for this year,if you do not recieve your funds now then be informed that you might not recieve it again or it has to be postponed untill the next quarter which is September next year ,and before then your payment might be
tampered with or your payment fi

As a paying institution we advice you take advantage of this payment becuase you might never have such an opportunity again, as the payment has been upgraded to our servers so that you can finally have your funds without any futher hinderance delay or Bank Protocol.

The required certificate that will enable you obtain your funds can be obtained from us ,this certificate cost $100 only,you are to proceed to a Western Union agent to send the fees as soon as you recieve this email so that we can issue the document immediately and transfer your funds, as this is the only way that this document can be obtained becuase of the urgency of this matter.

You are to follow his advice strictly if you want to recieve your funds, note that I we are very busy people and if we notice any unseriousness in you we might be forced to abandone your transaction.Your are also to respond to this email with with your full name,telephone,occupation,position at work,fax ,telephone ,mobile number and attached with a copy of your Id, becuase if your data is not complete we shall not respond to your communications..

Note:That This is the only requirment that is needed for you to start acessing and controlling your funds finally. We wait for you to acknowledge our mail and don't forget to send the fees $100 to the above information for the RELEASE ORDER CERTIFICATE when responding to his email to enable us release your long awaited funds to you.

Finally be informed that you have only but 24 Hours from today to obtain the document and do the first transaction from the account, failure to comply with this instruction will result to us abandoning your transaction and the funds returned to where they are coming from .
Please do npt bother responding to this email if you can not meet the requirements,

Yours Truely,
OJIMADU
PAYMASTER GENERAL
+234-8081013387
Confidentiality Notice: This message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by phone and destroy all copies of the original message © 2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved

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