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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: "Peter Amangbo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <xxgms03@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:54:44 +0330
Subject: IMPORTANT!!

Attention Beneficiary:
 
My name is Peter Amangbo, Group Managing Director, Zenith Bank. I have been authorized to contact you by the Federal Government of Nigeria  in conjunction with the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the Senate Committee on Foreign Debts Reconciliation and Implementation Panel on Contract/inheritance/compensation payment.
 
You are required as a matter of urgency to reconfirm your information including your full names, phone numbers, your address and bank coordinate for verification and immediate release of your payment.To this effect, the Senate Committee on Foreign Debts Reconciliation had made funds available to my bank in other to release your payment through loan grant from World Bank.
 
I wish to inform you officially that all matters relating to the release of this payment is now under my control and supervision. This development has become necessary due to the activities of unpatriotic of some government officials  including the Ministry of Finance and the Nigeria Apex Bank (CBN) officials and impostors who keep on frustrating every effort made by Federal Government of Nigeria to release your long overdue payment to you by making requests for unauthorized fees and levies from you. Based on this, you are advised to stop all your dealings with whose ever your dealing with in or outside the Country ignore and delete  such mails whenever you get them as they are most likely scam mails engineered by the sender(s) with the sole intent of defrauding the recipients. Zenith Bank will not be liable for any loss incurred by any person who deals with the impostors contrary to it`s Bank advice.
 
In view of the above, I wish to inform you that I will discharge my statutory duty to ensure a sound financial system in the country and paying all Nigeria foreign creditors who qualified to receive their payment, I hereby advise you to come forward with all your details including a certified copy of your identification for proper verification of your payment file. Your earliest response to this will be highly appreciated.
 
Thank you for choosing Zenith Bank and do have a nice day.
 
 
Best Regard,
 
 
Peter Amangbo

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