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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: "DR JOHN ACTON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnacton41@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:35:49 -0300
Subject: NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE

Attn:Category "C"Beneficiary.


Sequence to the complains from Citizens of the United States as well as Citizens of Other Countries In Europe over the Discrepancies and fraudulent ways in which fund transfers are handled by African Banks,which has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their Lottery Winning or Inheritance funds from most African Countries due to frauds and illegal activities, A decision was reached recently by the United States Treasury Department under the authority of the White House to compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release all funds of American,European and Asian citizens that are trapped in most Banks and Courier Companies in Africa.

It was discovered that some bureaucratic bottlenecks was put by these Banks and Couriers to make it impossible for foreign beneficiaries to claim their funds so that they will fraudulently divert those funds to their private accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated by the Presidency(Federal Republic of Nigeria in conjuction with the International Monetary Fund and the United Nation to handle this matter to ensure that all oustanding foreign beneficiaries get paid on this approved payment exercise 2016.


However we are instructed to deal directly to the assigned beneficiary of the payment and not to any representative,in order to ensure that we do not release payment to a wrong beneficiary.

We discovered your payment file NO: BR227/9005666/00 as unclaimed fund.It was discovered that some sacked corrupt officials of the African Bank has only put up illegal requirements against your payment in order to make it difficult for you to claim your fund.

We have gone through our foreign outstanding Funds transfer database,and your outstanding accumulative ledger current payment to be paid to you is Ten Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars with extra accumulated interest,then making it a total sum of Ten Million Five Hundred and Twenty Seven thousand United States Dollars.

You are requested to Re-confirm the following information to us in order to enable us to cross-check your payment file here with us in order to check out and rectify the errors that will affect your payment in time.

1. SURNAME
2. OTHER NAMES
3. PHONE NUMBER AND FAX.
4. ADDRESS.
5. DRIVER LICENSE
6.OCCUPATION
7.MARRIED STATUS
8.AGE


Be informed that the above information will only enable us to make due confirmation and to see that legal process is being follow up to ensure that your approved fund gets to you without any more delay.


LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.

DR JOHN ACTON.
DIRECTOR PAYMENT RECONCILIATION DEPT.
Financial Services Regulation Committee
International Monetary Fund Laison Office,Ikoyi Lagos-Nigeria.
Phone:+234-80-658 49718.

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