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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +2348062335499 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- debtspayment02@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- required to get back to me a.s.a.p to this email debtspayment02@gmail.com or you can call me on my direct (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Debts Payment Office <debtspayment010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: debtspayment02@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:15:27 -0700
Subject: Your Unclaimed Payment Notification

*OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY*

*SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT*

*GARKI - **ABUJA** **NIGERIA*

* *

*From the Desk of:**
*

*Senator Ehigie Edobor Uzamere*

*Senate Chairman on Local and Foreign Debts*

*Garki, **Abuja** – **Nigeria***

*Phone: +234-806-2335499*

*Attn:* *Beneficiary** *

* **RE: Your Payment Notification
*

This is to notify you of your Immediate Inheritance Payment Number:
AV/FGN/MIN/0010. On behalf of the entire staff of Central Bank of Nigeria,
and the Federal Government of Nigeria in collaborated with the Authorities,
who are in charge of foreign and local payments. We Apologies for the delay
of your payment, the Inconveniences and Inflict that we might have indulge
you through.

Please as a matter of urgency you are required to verify the following
information and get back to me if you are aware or know anything about this
as we are having some serious problems with your payment which have
demoralized us. In respect to this one Mr. John Tsai submitted an
application that you authorized your funds to be paid to him on your behalf
with a report that you are paralyzed as a result of the ghastly motor
accident you had some months back and we would like to confirm the below.

1. Did you instruct one Mr. John Tsai or anyone from your family, or
relation to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?

(2) Were you involved in a motor accident?

(3) Did you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in his favor thereby making him
the current beneficiary of your payment with the following account details
stated above? Or did you user him any “Power of Attorney” to claim the
funds?

Also the delay in transferring the funds is due to the request for a power
of attorney authorizing him to pursue this payment on your behalf. He asked
for a week so as to submit the document, but up till now we have not
received any of the documents from him which raised my contact to you to
find out. Kindly confirm to me if you truly authorized this act or not as I
sense that your funds are been diverted which is in total of
$25,530,000.00usd. You are highly required to get back to me a.s.a.p to this
email debtspayment02@gmail.com <debtspayment01@gmail.com> or you can call me
on my direct number above.

Anticipating your prompt response.

*Senator Ehigie Edobor Uzamere*

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