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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: "(Chairman OF Debt Reconciliation Committee) $10.5 Million Dollars YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED" <david.igee20101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drmaikantikacallabaru41@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:55:08 -0700
Subject: (Chairman OF Debt Reconciliation Committee) $10.5 Million Dollars
YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED,

NNPC Towers, Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way,
P.M.B. 190, Garki, Abuja.
Tel: + 234-8164936795

Date:15/10/2018

Attn:BENEFICIARY
The Federal Government of Nigeria has decided to pay you through our
Oil Reserve Consolidated Account due to some anomalies and
discrepancies in most of our federal ministries,local banks,NNPC and
the nations apex bank,Federal Reserve Bank New York.
However,full scale and detailed investigation revealed that you have
paid colosal amount of money to fraudulent individuals in time past
and for that cogent reason the Federal Government of Nigeria decided
to solely handle the
payment of your fund through our Oil Reserve Consolidated Account for
safety reasons.
For this singular payment purpose,you should send across your current
receiving bank account and your telephone and fax to enable us perfect
the final payment of your fund into it, alternatively you will be paid
through transfer.You should as well include the contract
payment. You will be paid first $10.5 million Dollars as compensation for all
you have gone through.
information which will help facilitate the transfer in your behalf.
Sorry for what you might have gone through in the hands of our past
Please kindly send me the following telephone and fax number and address.
Response to my private Emai:(drmaikantikacallabaru41@gmail.com)
Call me for more details on my Direct line 234-8164936795
Respectfully yours,
Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru,
Chairman OF Debt Reconciliation Committee Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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