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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: Godwin Emefiele <syiy380@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emefieleg343@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 05:37:33 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam.

Attention Dear Sir/Madam

This is to bring to your notice of this important information, I am
Godwin Emefiele from Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $5.000, 000,
00 USD (Five Million United State Dollars) each, You are listed and
approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid
this amount.

On this faithful recommendation, know that during the last U.N.
meetings held in New York, USA, it was alarmed so much by the world in
the meetings on the loss of funds by various individuals to the
Nigerian scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world
today. In order to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction
with the US Government is now paying 150 victims of these operators
$5,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to
the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments
are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Central
Bank Nigeria is the paying bank.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries have
been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we
still have more than 36 left to be paid the compensations. Your
particulars were mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested
as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not
to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason
whatsoever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other
criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other
victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as
well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) (Motto: No Body is
Above the Law) have combined effort with the United Nation Anti-crime
commission to alleviate and redeem the image and past wounds of
foreigners and firms who were defrauded, scammed and abandoned by this
syndicates to slight down our dignities to international communities.

Many banks have been in bankruptcy today, Universal firms, Companies
and individuals due to the activity of these hoodlums. However,
investigations have shown that these people have dropped over 500,000
victims after collecting their money falsefuly, many committed suicide
and others living by the grace of God.

With the sanity presently at hand, we have over 250 convicts at hand,
184 in kirikiri prisons while many are still awaiting trial while We
still fetch for others who feel they are wise and hope that you will
be our friend by giving us more information as per clue in
apprehending them.

I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr,Godwin Emefiele.

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