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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: "tunde kelvin" <tundekelvin03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engkelvin@myway.com
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:04:25 +0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT.



Dear Sir,
How are you doing? how about your work and everybody around you, am contacting true your email via for a partnership business, l want reliable person who can assist me on special comsignment, am working with oil company in River state, as their company contractor on base amenities repairment that concern the company,this is my twelve years of working experience with the company. On 23th of march 2006 we got a lot of money on a business we did from the company account because the managing director (CEO) involve in the business he have to fellow us to share the money among us and the sum of money that is involve is about $40,450,000 US dollars,we share the money amony four of us and my own personal share is $10,112,500 US dollars and that my own share after everything.
Unfortunately, the company board of directors held a meeting last month and decided to change all the company apointees, even the managing dirctor was change, the new dircetor have to start across check the whole file and account in the office and observe that some certain money was embezzle out in the company's account around march 2006, he have to report to the board on that the issue and the have to invite the formal company director to know what has happen, he told them he does not know any concern the account and the should keep on their investigation on the issue because after the deal he advise us to pay in the money in an foreign account so that no body can find the money out,or private security banks,i have to pay my share of the money in private banks to secure the money for me, now the have access all our account and properties to check wheither we invest the money there but no way, the (CEO) that is involve said that we have to transfer the money to foreign account bearing foreign name so that even when the send their delicate to check on that the can not see any thing and after four month the money will be send back to me again and l can use to start my life again.
please i want to invest the money on real estate or good business in your country, can you assist me to do this investment in your country as soon as the money enter into your country through the private security bank which l secure the money, so that l can be able to start again l have lost everything at this moment l promine to give you 20% of my own share to you if only you can assist me on this project. Almighty God bless Amen.
sincerely
ENG. TUNDE KELVIN

 

 



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