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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: "paul manbol" <paul_manbol@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paul_manbol15@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:07:40 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT FUND

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Paul Manbol the Director of Standard Security Services in Ghana, before General Sani Abacha the former Nigerian President died he deposited $300,000 000 USD(Three hundred Million United State Dollars) in our Security volt.



Knowing that it was money, I used my influence to secure the fund in the Central Bank of Italy for security reasons. Now since Abacha died, due to the fact that he was having a lot of money which his family cannot claim and coupled with the problem the son is having with a Swiss Bank.



I want a capable hand that will join hands with me to claim and collect the money from the Central Bank of Italy and invest it out side Africa because the money was deposited with my security company name in the Central Bank of Italy.



Please if you are interested kindly let me know as soon as you receive this mail, please contact me private mail:paul_manbol15@yahoo.com



Regards,



Mr. Paul Manbol.


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