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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:

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:
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "transferred into your bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "mrmarkkojo1@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mrmarkkojo1@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +2348169609435

Fraud email example:

From: "National Security Agency" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deptffbi1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 08:02:27 -0700
Subject: Contact our Payment Agent immediately..

USD10.5Million was approve to be released in your name.

National Security Agency of United States of America , International Financial Watch Unit we are mandated to monitor financial transactions around the globe in order to combat financial and internet fraud world wide. Our monitoring device picked up several signal transactions on your server and since then we have been monitoring all your financial/internet transactions and we have discovered that you have been into series of transactions.

>From our investigations, you have been involved in a series of transaction worth of millions of dollars. Importantly, we
discovered that you have an outstanding transaction worth US$10,500,000.00 which is either inheritance, lottery or contract
payment which has been approved for payment but is yet to be paid to you.

We are working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nigerian Government and the United Nations (UN) to ensure that you
receive your payment. we have officially inform you that we have verified your contract/Lottery/ inheritance payment file
after close monitoring and found out why you have not received the payment of US10.5M from Federal Reserve Bank is because of lack of DEPOSIT TRANSFER PERMIT CLEARANCE Certificate and Fund Identification Record Certificate (O.F.I.R.C}.

Therefore you are advise to obtain the mentioned documents for release of US10.5Million in your favor.

DEPOSIT TRANSFER PERMIT CLEARANCE Certificate and Fund Identification Record Certificate (O.F.I.R.C} is only proof Requested by Federal Reserve Bank to released the Deposit of US$10.5M in your account.

To have these mentioned documents Contact Mark Kojo on Tel +234-8169609435 or email mrmarkkojo1@ymail.com for acquisition of the Document which will facilitate immediate release of the us$10.5million in your awaiting bank account.

Contact Person: Mark Kojo
E mail.address: mrmarkkojo1@ymail.com
Telephone: +234-8169609435
Office Address: 15A Awolowo !Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.Nigeria.

This US$10.5Million will be transferred into your bank account within two working days you secure DEPOSIT TRANSFER PERMIT CLEARANCE Certificate and Fund Identification Record Certificate (O.F.I.R.C} from Nigeria where the US$10.5M was originated.

After providing the document National Security Agency will authorize Federal Reserve Bank to transfer us$10.5million into your bank account because with provision of this required document we shall clear the fund to be released in your account.

Our discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations (UN) and the Nigerian Government agreed that the US
$10.5M should be paid to you immediately this documents is secure and forward to my office.

We have mandated the Federal Reserve Bank to process your payment within 48 hours of receiving the document which means that you must notify us once you contact our payment agent Mr mark Kojo to enable us follow up with them to ensure that your payment is promptly processed.

You are to get back to us if you need further clarification and do feel free to inform us of your past effort to claim the funds and if there has been any monetary involvement from you.

To who and how much did you spend without results as this will enable us to prosecute those involved.

Faithfully Yours,

Mr. Brian Bluckwall
For: National Security Agency (NSA)

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