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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: "Mrs. Cynthia Edward Esq." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevenomojafor@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:16:19 -0700
Subject: RE: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

 
RE: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
From: Mrs. Cynthia Edward Esq.
Executive Payment Officer (UN)
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION.
 
Attention: Beneficiary
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract / inheritance file presently on mydesk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not
fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract / inheritance payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and
will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.
 
After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your fund $10.5 million through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe, America and Asia
Pacific, which is the instruction given by our president,DR. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN (GCN) Of Republic of Nigeria
This Bank ATM card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($7,500.00) Five Thousand or less than Us Dollars
per day. So, if you like to receive your fund this way, please do let us know by forwarding the below details and furnish them with the below info.
 
Full names: __
Address:____
Country:____
Zip Code:___
Sex: ___
Age: __
Marital status: ____
Occupation/Position: ___
Scan copy of any of your identification:_
Tel/House /private: __
I Mr/Mrs._______
 
Forwarding the above details  to this information below.
 
Mr. Steven Omojafor ZENITH BANK PLC NIGERIA CARD PAYMENT CENTRE
EMAIL: stevenomojafor@gmail.com 
Tel: +234-8167-068811 
Address:Plot 84, Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria.
 
Remember Your Total Fund to be received is US US$10.5Million Instead of losing your fund, please indicate to the Card Center the total sum you are expecting and for your information you have stop any further
communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also please do update me with any new development. Note: Because of impostors, we
hereby issue you with our code of conduct, which are (X2UN2013) so you have to indicate this code when contacting this CARD CENTER
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
From: Mrs. Cynthia Edward Esq.
Executive Payment Officer (UN)
United Nation Of LAGOS NIGERIA
Note: Did you authorize Mr. Hall Chop to receive your fund in your behalf he send his Details from China?) To send the atm card to him. If you did not authorized Mr. David Chop to receive your money on your behalf, You are advise to get
back  to us very fast with above information to ZENITH BANK PLC NIGERIA CARD PAYMENT CENTRE within 72 hours.
 

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