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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: "Director, Foreign Operations" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:51:49 -0800
Subject: Re: Payment Notification!!!

Office of the Governor
Central Bank Of Nigeria
Tinubu Square.
Lagos.
Tel: +234 7059884143
 
Dear Beneficiary,
 
I have been mandated to inform you that your contract/inheritance payment is ready for release. After the revalidation of your payment release order, I wish to apologize on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the delay in the release of your fund and the attendant inconveniencies we might have caused you. However, We have a confusing situation at hand here in our office. Please confirm the following to us with immediate effect.
 
1. Did you instruct one Mr. Ajay Jain of Lace India Company Ltd, whose information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf ?
 
2. Did you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Lace India Company Ltd, A/C #055501001247, Bank Name: ICICI Bank, BRANCH: BOMBAY KURLA
PAN: ALEPG7853B
 
Finally, you are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable office with immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mr. Ajay Jain to come for the claim of these funds, to enable me endorse for the final payment approval order on his behalf. If not You are therefore requested to fill and send with immediate effect the information below for verifications purposes so that your fund be remitted to you via ATM DEBIT CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM.
 
 
Note that the Centrak Bank has finally approved the payment of your overdue inheritance claim. You are required to reconfirm the following details for immediate transfer of your $20M (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
-Beneficiary Full name:...........................
-Beneficiary Contact address:.....................
-Phone & Fax Numbers (Mobile Phone)................
-Occupation / Company Name:.......................
-Zip code:..................
-Scan copy of either your international passport or driver's license.
However we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Ajay Jain if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today. Be that as it may we are very sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring your fund must have caused you. Call our dedicated Hotline: +234 7059884143
.
We wait to hear from you as soon as possible.
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
Tunde Martins.
Director of Foreign Operation.
Office of the Governor
Central Bank Of Nigeria
Tel: +234 7059884143

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