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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: "PAUL PORBENY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <p.porbeeny@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:53:20 -0700
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT

HELLO MY DEAR FRIEND,

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I HOPE THIS MEETS YOU AT THE RIGHT
TIME.I AM MUCH DELIGHTED AND PRIVILEGED TO CONTACT YOU
AGAIN, AFTER ALL THESE TIME, IT TAKES DESTINY AND COURAGE TO
REMEMBER OLD FRIENDS AND AT THE SAME TIME,SHOW GRATITUDE TO
THEM DESPITE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MADE AND DISRUPTED OUR
TRANSACTION, WHICH ULTIMATELY DID NOT WORK OUT AS WE HAD
PROJECTED THEN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I'M HAPPY TO INFORM
YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESS IN GETTING THOSE FUNDS TRANSFERRED
UNDER THE COOPERATION OF A NEW PARTNER FROM PARAGUAY.
PRESENTLY I AND AM IN LONDON FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITH MY
OWN SHARE OF THE TOTAL SUM. MEANWHILE, I DIDN'T FORGET YOUR
PAST EFFORTS AND ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST ME IN TRANSFERRING THOSE
FUNDS DESPITE THAT IT FAILED US SOME HOW. BUT FOR THE FACT
THAT YOU HAVE ONCE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST, I CANNOT JUST
FORGET YOU SINCE I HAVE FINALLY ACHIEVED THIS GOAL. IN THAT CASE,
I PERSONALLY REMEMBERED ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND CO-OPERATIONS IN THE PAST.

NOW CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN NIGERIA WITH HIS CONTACT
INFORMATION STATED BELLOW:

NAME: PAUL PORBENY
EMAIL: P.PORBEENY@GOOGLEMAIL.COM
PHONE: +234-701-648-8305

ASK HIM TO SEND YOU THE TOTAL OF (US$800,000.00) EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY, WHICH I KEPT TO
COMPENSATE YOU FOR ALL THE PAST EFFORTS AND ATTEMPTS TO
ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER.I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL YOUR
EFFORTS AT THAT TIME VERY MUCH. SO FEEL FREE AND GET IN
TOUCHED WITH MY SECRETARY PAUL PORBENY AND INSTRUCT HIM
WHERE TO SEND THE AMOUNT TO YOU.

PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE IT SO THAT WE
CAN SHARE THE JOY AFTER ALL THE SUFFERNESS AT THAT TIME. IN
THE MOMENT, I AM VERY BUSY HERE BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT
PROJECTS WHICH THE NEW PARTNER AND I ARE HAVING AT
HAND.FINALLY, REMEMBER THAT I HAD FORWARDED INSTRUCTION TO
THE SECRETARY ON YOUR BEHALF TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY, SO FEEL
FREE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND HE
WILL SEND THE AMOUNT TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY.

BEST REGARDS,
MR.GREG FORTIER.

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