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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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Fraud email example:

From: sangaenet@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:51:43 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HELLO?=

ATTN: Sir.
First, As a way of introduction, I am Mr. Sanduijav G. Vice Chairman Petroleum
Authority of Mongolia.PAM.
I am writing this letter to solicit your co-operation in order to redeem
an investment interest currently held under trust with the Petroleum Authority
of Mongolia. PAM.The said investment now valued at USD$48 million (Forty-eight
million United States Dollars), was originally purchased by one Mr. Franklin
Rowdy. and leased to the Petroleum Authority of Mongolia. PAM.Since the
maturity of this contract in September 1997,several attempts have been made
without success to contact Mr.Franklin Rowdy (whois now deceased) or any
of his close relatives to whose favour the investment cash value can be
paid. My partner Mr. Nyamdorj S.who is the Head of Finance and Accounting
Department in the Ministry, and two other colleagues Mr. Toishubai K. (Head
of Administration and Legal Department) and Mr. Nyamdorj S. (Head of Finance
and Accounting Department) have initiated the process of filing a claim
for this money with the hope of having funds transfered outside the country.
Since you have a foreign name or can provide a foreign name as Mr. Franklin
Rowdy, my partners will file a claim for this money from the Petroleum Authority
of Mongolia. PAM, indicating that you were appointed by Mr.Franklin Rowdy
to be the beneficiary of this fund.
When the claim is approved, you as the beneficiary will be paid the sum
of $USD 48 million. The money will be paid directly to any bank of your
choice. Please always feel free to negotiate for your share of the funds
before proceeding in the transaction.
From this analysis, you can see that our proposal to have you participate
in this business is anchored on remuneration, coming after the successful
completion of this project and not before. Please
understand that over here, we have outstanding expenses to take care of,relating
to this project, for which we set out a budgetary estimate, made up of our
resources as civil servants. So I encourage you to understand with us and
give us your support in partnership for our collective gain.
I want to assure you that we are in a position to make the payment of this
claim possible, provided you can give us very strong guarantee that our
share will be well secured, and that you will not take advantageof our position.
Be assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about in view of this
claim, it is perfectly safe with no risk involved,and it is not subject
to any inquiry, since we will be handling the claim directly on your behalf.I
do hope my proposal is acceptable to you. Please acknowledge the receipt
of this letter, so that I can provide you with more clarification about
the claim and how we intend to make this deal beneficial to everyone involved.
Please reach me via myprivate email address And also indicate your private
telephone,mobile and fax numbers for easy communication.
Sincerely,
Mr. Sanduijav G.




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