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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: daesu mathen <dsus010@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:50:20 +0100 (BST)
Subject: THE DEPOSITE INFORMATION


Dear Adriane,

thanks for the mail.


following my previous messages , I have made all the
necessary and important clearance to the security and
finance company where the money is deposited and they
are now waiting for me to come for the final transfer
of the funds which I contacted you to enable you call
them and instruct them to transfer the funds to you as
my foreign partner pending my arrival to join you for
the investment over there.

Take a very good note that the funds was deposited and
insured for safe keeping as a valuable family treasure
kept in a silver coated box . You should
please call the security company as soon as you get
this informations, to instruct them to shift the fund over to you,
do not disclose the content of the box to them, just
tell them that you want the asset of Dessu,s family to
be transfer to you as you are in business and family
partnership with his family before the death of his
late father.

Use the below informations to contact the security
and finance company , please you should not forget
that I trust and count upon you regarding proper
handling of the money, I hope you will not reveal
these informations to any third party so that they
will not use the informations to claim my money in the
security and finance company. Bear in mind that the
money holds my future mutual hope as a man which you
can understands from my past mail

. MGA FORRCE SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY
144 AVENUE PRESIDENT LAMINE GUEYE
DAKAR/SENEGAL
TEL :00221 456 03 16
FAX :00221 826 42 60
EMAIL:mgaforrce@yahoo.fr
CONTACT PERSON :Dr Leopold Sar,
Director foriegn service department.

deposite informations

DEPOSITOR :CONL METTHAN SUKOI
NEXT OF KIN:DESSU S METHAN (SON)
OWNERSHIP CODE:541/SSBE/339/26/9
DEPOSIT CODE:ABTHOSMGQ
SECURITY CODE:MFSC/457/#/SFC/2002

Please you should not fail to call them as soon as
possible,just tell them that you need my asset
presently in their custody to be transferred to you,
please and remember do not disclose to them the
content of the box,because my late father did not
disclose it to them at that time for security
reasons,after the asset is been transfer,you will help
me, to get house for me and my mother over there,as i
will be resettle by the united nations soonest.
As soon as you get in contact with them, you should
let me to know, I hope to hearing from you soon
because i want them to transfer the treasure to you
before or either next weekend as i intend to relocate to join
you as soon as posible for greater partnership as i
told you,
you dont have to be afraid about tax,it will be settle on putting
the money in account over there.

i will attach some document covering the treasure
box during deposite by my late father,posible i will
send the pic of the treasure box to you before
deposite,so that you will understands and see
how the box looks like,the number which i gave to you
is working try and call again, +221-6-40-56-09.
i wait to hear from you
Dessu M




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