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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: "Emile Mankah" <emilemankah@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Reply-To: emilomankah@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 12:59:25 +0200
Subject: Contact my secretary

With Due Respect
I'm delighted to bring to your notice about my success

in getting those funds transferred under the
cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia. Presently

I'm in the Indonesia for investment projects with my
own
share of the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and
attempts in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how.Considering that you are a
humanitarian worker assures me of your use of the
funds
I am about to offer you.Now contact my secretary,his
name is Mr. Samule E-mail samule74bass@yahoo.com
Ask him to send you a parcel contaning $850.000.00
which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your collective effort and I believe you
willput this funds into the best use ,i.e,
humanitarian work.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the travails we
experienced at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy
here in Paraguay because of the investment projects
which myself and the new partner 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 Mr.Samule my secretary
he will send the parcel to you without
any delay.
With best regards,
Emile Mankah





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