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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: "EGO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjohnego100022@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:39:01 -0800
Subject: URGENT REPLY

MR JOHN EGO
DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)
 
 
                  VERIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT/WINNINGS FILE.
 
DEAR SIR/MADAM
 
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING PAYMENT WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,YOUR NAME/PARTICULARS WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON
THE LIST OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTOR/INHERITANCE/LOTTERY WINNER WHO HAVE
NOT RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT.
 
I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED FROM THE ABOVE PAN
AFRICAN BANK(CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) AND WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU AS SOON AS
YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER. ALSO NOTE THAT FROM THE RECORD IN MY FILE, YOU
ARE FOUND AS ONE OF THE ABOVE BENEFICIARIES FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED NATIONS
YET TO RECEIVE OUTSTANDING PAYMENT OF(US$10.5m)
 
KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWING:
 
1) YOUR FULL NAMES
 
2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
 
3) YOUR FULL BANKING PARTICULAR
 
4) YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER
 
5) YOUR OCCUPATION
 
6) YOUR I.D CARD
 
KINDLY CHOOSE ONE OPTION BELLOW HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THIS PAYMENT
 
A. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM)
 
B. DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT
 
C. DIPLOMATIC  CASH DELIVERY TO YOUR HOME COUNTRY
 
 
CONTACT ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MEMO FOR MORE DETAILS AND DO CALL ME OR
SEND ME SMS ON MY PRIVET CELL NUMBER +234-9090694996
 
WAITING TO HEAR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
 
MR JOHN EGO

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