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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: Grace Obinna <graceobinna1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:10:44 -0700
Subject: Be Informed

CBN, Abuja Nigeria

Dear Friend,

I am Ms.Grace Obinna a Clerk under the office of the Director on Foreign
Payments Central Bank of Nigeria. I have worked as the
Assistant to the Director and was demoted when they found out that I have
never been in support of their deals, they wrote a petition against me and
I was moved to the Finance Ministry but now I am back to the Central Bank
to continue my good work, though on a lower position.
I still have access to payment files. I have gone through your file and
have seen that you have completed all that is required of you to
have your fund released to you but the greed of the Directors of the
Foreign Payment, Central Bank of Nigeria, and other approved paying
Banks here will not let them do what they are supposed to do about your
payment.

Because of their greed and amount involved which is US$10.5 Million, the
Directors of Foreign Payment with the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria
Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and other Bank Directors will never let you
know what to do to get your funds transferred to your account because of
their personal wants for money.

This is what Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Soludo introduced to all of
them, telling them never to release your payment so that they can use it to
trade on the International Market and make 10% of the amount regularly.
Check out how much they must have made with your money since it was first
approved for release to you.

This is one secret most of our foreign beneficiaries do not know. To be
frank with you, if I had contacted you last week, you would have
received this money in your account through wire transfer or any other
means you prefer, because I know their secret which they believe no one
else is aware of.

All you have to do is to work with the attorney appointed by the Nigerian
Bar Association (NBA) and approved by the Nigerian President and the court
who will get this document for you, file it directly with the Office of the
President and request for an immediate release/transfer and once that is
done, the document will be sent to paying Bank automatically you will be
contacted for remittance,
and the good thing is that once you have obtained this document,the bank
will release the fund to your account within 48 hours. The document we are
talking about is called Presidential Irrevocable Permit (PIP) . Once you
have gotten this document, they will NEVER have any reason to delay your
payment for more than 48 hours. This document is signed by the Association
of Nigeria Lawyers (NBA), Court of Justice, and the President himself.

This is what I was doing for some clients and the Directors found out and
kicked against me. I have no interest in your money,but my anger is that
they use and dump us not because we want to share money with them but
because they think we know nothing about their deals. Please assure me that
no one will know about this and it will be secret until you have received
the document and take the bank by surprise, I will be giving you the
contact of the appointed attorney, who will process the Presidential
Irrevocable Permit (PIP) when I get your response.


Yours Sincerely
Grace Obinna

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