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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: "Mr. Nyamdorj Sukur." <nyamdorjs2@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:30:56 +0900
Subject: Hello

Mineral Resources and Petroleum
Authority of Mongolia (MRPAM)
P.O.Box 37/81
Uildverchnii Street
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 210337
ATTN:
I am Mr. Nyamdorj S. Head of Finance and Accounting
Department of the 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$85 million (Eighty-five
million United States Dollars), was originally purchased by
one Mr. Ed Storey of SOCO INTERNATIONAL. and leased to the
Petroleum Authority of Mongolia.PAM.(visit
http://www.state.gov/s/d/former/armitage/remarks/29141.htm)
Since the maturity of this contract in September 2005,
several attempts have been made without success to contact
Mr. Ed Storey (who is now deceased) or any of his close
relatives to whose favour the investment cash value can be
paid. My partner Mr. Sanduijav G. who is the Vice Chairman
of the Ministry, and two other colleagues Mr. Toishubai K.
(Head of Administration and Legal Department) and Mr.
Amarsaihan D. (Head of Processing and Supply Coordination
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. Ed Storey, my partners will
file a claim for this money from the Petroleum Authority of
Mongolia. PAM,indicating that you were appointed by Mr. Ed
Storey to be the beneficiary of this fund. When the claim is
approved, you as the beneficiary will be paid the
sum of $USD 85 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 my private email And
also indicate your private telephone,mobile and fax numbers
for easy
communication.
Sincerely,
Mr. Nyamdorj S.


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