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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: "IBE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dremmaibe65@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 06:57:26 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT APPROVED

PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
WORLD BANK & NIGERIA OFFICE
12TH FLOOR, FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX
GARKI, ABUJA -NIGERIA
Tel: +234-8108274487
E-mail: dremmaibe@gmail.com
GOOD DAY,
SUB: YOUR OVERDUE CLAIM HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR PAYMENT VIA SWIFT TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER
This is to notify you that we received a payment instruction together with your payment file from the Federal Ministry of
 
Finance to liquidate your payment within this second quarter. Consequent on this directive, it is our pleasure to confirm to
 
you that your claim is one of the liabilities short-listed for payment within this second quarter of the 2014 fiscal year.
 
Your payment was approved sequel to the proposed visit of the new World Bank President to Nigeria,
the above mentioned Joint Task Force was established and authorized to release all categories of debt owned Foreign
 
Contractors and Inheritance Claims. The World Bank President queried Nigeria Government after going through the Adhoc
 
Committee report on its request for World Bank & Paris Club to cancel their debt. It was based on these conditions that all
 
debts owed foreign beneficiaries must be paid that the debt Nigeria owed to World Bank & Paris Club was cancelled.
The World Bank President also mandated my office to stop this un-official misconduct, deliberate delay on foreign payment
 
through unnecessary use of bureaucratic procedures, diversion of funds to other accounts that is not authorized by the
 
beneficiary and imposition of unauthorized fees. The National Assembly has therefore promulgated the Foreign Payment
 
Review/Affirmation Act 1414 directing the CBN, Financial Institutions and Payment Committees to hands off all payments and
 
hand over payment files to our office. This is to avoid duplication of assignment and to avoid creating confusion in the
 
payment process. It is very obvious that some of these offices might hesitate to let you know of this new order due to their
 
ulterior motive.
In accordance with this new directive from our Government and the World Bank, an urgent meeting of vital government
 
stakeholders, financial institutions and government committees was summoned by this office. During the meeting a lot of
 
irregularities and misrepresentation of fact was discovered. At the end, we were able to reconcile and regularize some of the
 
details in your file. The information contained in your payment file which was forwarded to our office from the Federal
 
Ministry of Finance shows that your payment is among the “Priority Class” which implies your payment is long over-due. This
 
Task Force has therefore concluded arrangement to release your payment via Swift Transfer to your nominated account # 7840
 
0969 3565 with J.P Morgan Chase Bank, New York-USA. Alternatively, payment by ATM Debit Card, Certified Bank Draft or
 
Diplomatic Cash Delivery mode can also be approved for you if you don’t prefer Swift Transfer.
You are advised to re-confirm your Claim Amount and to confirm to this office within 72hrs if the bank details stated above
 
is as you forwarded initially.? This is to avoid payment to wrong beneficiary/account, as our office or the Federal
 
Government will not be held liable in this regard. Note that we intend to proceed with the remittance on the expiration of
 
72hrs.? As soon as you contact the under signed on Tel: +234-8108274487 or Email: dremmaibe@gmail.com further details
 
concerning your payment will be communicated to you. Swift response is required to enable our office conclude your payment
 
within 72hrs.
Yours faithfully,
DR.EMMANUEL IBE
GROUP COORDINATOR

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