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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: "pedro barretto" <pedrobarretto12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pedro_barretto03@myway.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:04:13 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Beloved Friend,

Good day to you. My name is Pedro Barretto the personal assistant to the
sig. Stefano Tanzi who is the son of Don Calisto Tanzi the founder of
Parmalat Food and Diary Co. in Italy. I have obtained your contact from the
information from our Chambers of Commerce when sourcing for a stimabile
contact to the foreign country with who I can execute with a commerce of
this largeness that demands the confidentiality and the absolute confidence.
I mean to speed up your attendance in the execution of one transaction of
transactions. It is our sincere conviction that maneggierete this
transaction with absolute confidentiality, the maturity and the maximum
sense of scope. Some months ago, Don Calisto Tanzi was accussed of siphoning
off a large volume of funds from the company.

Hour, its son (sig. Stefano Tanzi) has confidato $40 million USD to me. This
cash is secured in 2 trunk boxes that is being lodged with a security
company. The boxes are lodged and secure with a PIN code which I have the
instruction. It has be in the holding company for 6 months now. I have
travelled to Ulm, Germany where I am communicate with you currently. We have
need of your attendance in the collection of the boxes them from the company
of security and the lodgement of the moneies in the banking system in your
country and for the investment of the moneies in the real estate. Since I am
in the underground, I cannot execute some physical transaction in person
because of security of reasons.

On on your acceptance, I will telefax your information to the security
company and they will acknowlege you as the beneficiary of the boxes. After
that, the cash $40 Million USD which is in 2 boxes will be shipped to your
base and delivered to your doorstep through diplomatic courier service (DCS)
of the External Affairs Ministry. I hope you know that Diplomatic luggage’s
cannot be check at any port of entry all over the world. The contents of the
boxes will be declared and Insured as classified documents and insurance
bond instead of cash. After the reception of the boxes them, you can then
put the moneies in the bank for the proposed investment or keep it in a safe
deposit box till I'm able to join you. DCS system of moving big volumeof
cash is safe and tested. Also please understand that I will give you 20% for
your effort.

In the light of this modality of DCS, your thoughts, opinion and answer is
welcomes. The execution of this transaction has been planned im such way
that will not open a passage the laws of your country, neither unoa neither
the other mine. All that you must make it must follow my instruction and
maintain all particular the confidential one. To preview yours the more
soon answer to this proposal.

Better cares,
Pedro Barretto
Telefone: 49-692-557-7039
Facsimile: 49-731-230-9012


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