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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: "Alan Collier" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allan11cc@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 04:11:54 -0500
Subject: RE:YOUR REPLY.

Attention ,

I am Alan Collier, treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the Richest man
in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS
OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO:Menatep SBP Bank (A
well reputable financial institution with its Branches all over the
world, Kindly visit bellow Website for more details.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4482203.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4360688.stm

I want to reprofile the total sum of 226 Million US Dollars to your
country for immediate investment. We shall be considering several
sectors with our main focus on Property Development, Loan and Equity
Financing for small and medium sized companies. We want to register a
new company for this purpose and have a citizen as one of its
directors/partners and this is why my employer has asked me to contact
you so we can appoint you as one of our directors and you will be
rewarded with 5% of the total sum for your assistance .you should
reply me on this email address for me to give you more details.

Best Regards,
Alan Collier.

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