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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: "michael dante" <micdante9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dante_mic@katamail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:37:47 +0000
Subject: attention

My Dear,

I am an Administrative Staff of Eleme Refining & Petrochemical Co. Ltd
and I represent a group that is interested in engaging your service as
Investment Manager and humanitarian purposes of a large volume of fund.

The intended business is thus; there was an over-inflated contract that
was executed for the Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) worth $32
million which has been lying fallow since the original contractor has been
paid leaving the over-inflated amount which was done by this group I am
representing. They are in charge of the accounts and finance section
including the auditing department and have perfected all documents to back
up the payment as to avoid any trace whatsoever which makes the transaction
100% risk free.

The issue of the kind of service I request from you would be that I
need your assistance in receiving the amount of $32m and thereafter you
invest it for a period of 2 years.

Secondly, you would be entitled to 25% of the total fund in question as
the fund manager while 5% will be set aside for any sundry expenses
incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction.

Meanwhile, I believe that you would be able to handle this project.
Trustworthiness and confidentially should be our watch word so as to
protect their highly exalted positions without denting their image and
person in this regard. I really need your assurance and I want you to give
me your maximum co-operation as far as this project is concerned.

I have a wife with seven children, four girls, three boys and I want to
ensure that their future is secured financially with this project;
therefore, you can understand my position towards this issue. It will
be appreciated if you could tell me more about yourself.

Also, a working agreement paper would be drafted to this effect and
signed by both parties before the processing of the payment via the relevant
authorities and subsequent effecting of the payment into the
account coordinate that you would provide for this purpose.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that
we can work out the procedure for the execution of this transaction.

Please reach me strictly via my e-mail: dante_mic@katamail.com together
with your private telephone number for easy communication.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Dante


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