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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: "mike_dante Gazeta.pl" <mike_dante@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mike_dante@myway.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:21:20 +0100
Subject: OVERSEA INVESTMENT MANAGER


OVERSEA INVESTMENT MANAGER

Dear Sir,

I am sourcing for services of an Oversea Investment Manager (OIM) to manage
the sum of US$32Million, this amount represent an over invoiced amount of
money from a contract that was awarded to an American Oil exploration
company in 2000, one year later in 2001, the American company completed the
contract and was fully paid by direct Wire transfer for the execution of the
contract, leaving the over invoiced sum safely deposited in a special
security account managed and monitored by the top officers of the
corporation that I represent, this top officer are in charge of the day to
day running of accounts and finance section including the auditing
department of the corporation and have perfected all documents to back up
the payment as to avoid any trace whatsoever, which makes the transaction
100% risk free.

My request is your assistance in receiving this money using a secured
account that is able to take this money and thereafter you invest it for a
period of 2 years on their behalf. You would be entitled to 25% of the total
fund in question, while 5% will be set aside for any sundry expenses
incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction.

As an administrative officer I was mandated to seek your indulgence on this
matter, if this is acceptable to you, contact me strictly by
mkdante55@yahoo.com stating your private phone number Please DO NOT bothers
to respond if you are not interested.

Yours

Sincerely,

Mr. Michael Dante

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