The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     First Bank Of Nigeria Plc <first_ba_nknig@hotmail.com> Reply-To:     first_ba_nknig@hotmail.com Subject:     From the DESK OF Dr. John A. Okafor Date:     Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:54:14 +0800 (CST) (Mon, 13:54 EDT) YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS OF $15.5M IS READY FOR PAYMENT >From the DESK OF Dr. John A. Okafor Director, International Remittance Foreign Operations Dept. First Bank Of Nigeria Plc, Tel: 234-802-226-8828 E-mail: first_ba_nknig@hotmail.com Lagos-Nigeria. Attention: Sir/Madam Your inheritance funds of $15.5m this is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds has been gazzeted to be released, via key telex transfer (KTT )-direct wire transfer to you by the senate committee for foreign over due fund transfer. Manwhile, a woman came to my office few days ago with a letter,claiming to be your true representative. here are her informations: Name Janet White bank name: Citi Bank,York. account number: 6503809428. Do re-confirmed to this office, as a matter of urgency if this  Woman is from you so that the Federal will release this fund to her. Yours Faithfuly Dr. John A. Okafor Tel: 234-802-226-8828 E-mail: first_ba_nknig@hotmail.com Director, International Remittance   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published here as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam crap mistakenly published on this website as an advance fee scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me your spam crap.