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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: "Dir; Mr Jibril Aku" <lesjame@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: directorjibrilaku1@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:38:21 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?IEFUVE46IEZVTkQgT1JJR0lOIEZST00gV09STEQgQkFOS+KAj+KAjw==?=






Ecobank Nigeria Plc
plot 21, Ahmadu Bello Way,
Victoria Island, Lagos - Nigeria.
Ref: EBP/NG-PT/FP0037/10
Tel: 234-806 249 3464
office; +234-802 248 0718

Attention Beneficiary:

Following to the credit instruction received today from the World Bank of
Switzerland to release your Inheritance/winnings fund to you for this Quarter
payment release order.

This is to inform you that we have process the remittance of your fund to your
bank account as we have been mandated to pay you by Telegraphic Wire Transfer
direct to your bank account. So you are advice to write us and as well call upon
the receipt of this Official Letter.

Be inform that the Inheritance/winning file we received in our office today from
the World Bank of Switzerland, your name have been short-listed for payment, and
the amount we have in your file is US$5.8 million (Five million, Eight Hundred
United States Dollars), which is to be transferred direct to your bank account.

Based on that, you are required to provide us with the below information that
will aid us20check-mate if it is inline with what we have in our Central Computer
Unit for effective transfer.

Your Names (Surname) …. (First Name) …. (Last Name) …
Contacts address (Not P.O. Box)…
Office Tel, Mobile/Cell and Fax
Occupation, Age and Marital Status
Bank information (Details)
Copy of your passport, or driver’s license.
 
Warning: We deemed it necessary to inform you that you should stop every illegal
communication that you are having with any office or officials from now onward,
because we should not be held responsible for any problem that might occur, if
you persist to continue with any office or officials.
 
 
We have just received a go ahead endorsed document from the federal government instructing us to effect payment immediately. But we need to notarize your file before we will carry out your transfer, because after a meeting with UN last week their agreed that any money that is going out from this After we complete your payment, we shall be sending you the payment related papers and also the payment codes, so that you can at this time tender to your bank before the final lodging of the fund in their bank check vaults.
 
Please do understand that we need to do the notarization of all the information/documents county court to enable us start the process as we cannot do anything without passing through the county court for references. We would like you to give us your co-operation including your board having seen that they are part of this transfer.
 
Below is the cost of the notarization of the documents.
 
Notarization: US$113.00
Stamp Duty: US$102.00
Court fee: US$100.00
Total: US$315.00
 
We are ready to work with you to your satisfaction as long as you are ready to follow our directives, also bear in mind that we don’t have time to waste with any uncompromising beneficiary in this transaction. When you are ready to make the payment kindly get back to us in order to direct you to our receiving agent.
 
Thanks as I wait for your urgent respond. Do confirm receipt of this message by calling me on my direct line on +234-806 249 3464
 

 I await your urgent response in regards of this matter.
 
 
Yours truly,
Mr. Jibril Aku
Director, Foreign Operation
 
 

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