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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: Barrister Ta Manuel <mta100b@msn.com>
Reply-To: <infotamanuel@megamail.pt>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:15:38 +0000
Subject: Happy New Year!



Name: Barrister Ta Manuel
Tel: +44-702 406 3158
Fax: +44-870 974 4524
E-mail: mta1000b@yahoo.com.sg

Dear Sir,
I am an attorney to late Richard Lim (foreigner) who is an Engineer with Kvaerner Oil & Gas Limited, United Kingdom here. Late Richard Lim has an account with Citibank International Plc, United Kingdom.

I received a memo early this year from the Bank remittance department for an interview about US$9.5M [Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars] that belongs to my client Late Richard Lim ,the bank informed me on their policy to freeze the account of
Late Richard Lim, I was asked to redirect the (US$9.5M) back to government treasury because they saw no Next of Kin in his entire file within the bank and his account has been dormant for years
which is against the policy of the Bank.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner as the foreign beneficiary to that fund. I have resolved to share the money in this ratio.
(1) 50% for me.
(2) 35% for you.
(3) 10% for the remittance manager in the bank who has agreed to guide us for the success of our objectives.
(4) 5% for any expenses both party might incur during the processing of this transaction.

I will need your full name and address including telephone and fax number for the internal processing of the fund transfer and the internal processing of the required documents to back up our claim on
receipt of all the required information from you which was given above.

I will give you further details on the entire process when I receive your positive response.

Thanks and I wish to have a long and profitable relationship with you!

Regards,

Barr. Ta Manuel.

N/B: Neither you call or send fax to the above fax number or send your reply-to: mta1000b@yahoo.com.sg

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