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, I can 100% guarantee that 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:     Rev.Lawson Paul <fidelity_bplc@yahoo.com.co> Reply-To:     fidelitybankplc10@gmail.com Subject:     VERY  URGENT MATTER Date:     Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:31:35 -0700 (PDT) (12:31 EDT) ¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo! Ahora puedes escribirme a:fidelity_bplc@yahoo.com.co - - ATTN:BENEFICIARY, RE-FINAL PAYMENT OUTSTANDING ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$10M. THIS IS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS DEPOSITED IN THIS BANK SOME YEARS AGO BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA IN YOUR FAVOR.PLEASE NOTE THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN ED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, THEN LEFT AN ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$10,000,000,00 (TEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) BEHIND. LAST WEEK, TWO STAFFS FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CAME TO WITHDRAWN THE ACCRUED INTEREST, BUT WE REFUSED TO RELEASED THE FUND TO THEM.HOWEVER, THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS BANK DECIDED TO SOURCE FOR THE BENEFICIARY ON WHOSE NAME THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED.CONSEQUENTLY, YOU ARE ADVISED TO INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CLAIM THIS FUND BY SENDING TO US WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT THE FOLLOWING: 1,YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.2, YOUR TEL PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.3, YOUR SCANNED COPY OF INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.4, YOUR COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS(IF THERE IS ANY).5,YOUR BANKING DETAILS.AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, YOU ARE ADVISED TO HASTEN UP AND FORWARD ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION'S THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASING OF YOUR ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AWAITED.YOURS FAITHFULLY,REV.LAWSON PAUL.FOREIGN OPERATION DIRECTOR(FB).   [ 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.

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 as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail mistakenly published on this website as a scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.