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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: mselormey10@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:42:15 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SEARCH=20FOR=20A=20RELIABLE=2C=20HONEST=20AND=20A=20TRUST=20WORTH=20PERSON=20?=

FROM:MR.SANTOMERO .M ANTHONY.THE MANAGER ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK GHANAFIRST
LIGHT KANESHIE BRANCHACCRA, GHANA.I GOT YOUR CONTACT DURING MY SEARCH FOR
A RELIABLE, HONEST AND A TRUST WORTH PERSON TO ENTRUST THIS HUGE TRANSFER
PROJECT WITH. MY NAME IS MR.SANTOMERO .M ANTHONY. I AM THE MANAGER OF THE
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK GHANA, FIRST LIGHT BRANCH. I AM A GHANAIAN MARRIED
WITH TWO KIDS, I AM WRITING TO SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN! THE TRANSFER
OF 3,550.000.00.MILLION DOLLARS US THIS FUND I S THE EXCESS OF WHAT MY BRANCH
IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE AS PROFIT DURING THE LAST YEAR. I HAVE ALREADY
SUBMITTED AN APPROVED END OF THE YEAR REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2004 TO MY HEAD
OFFICE HERE IN ACCRA AND THEY WILL NEVER KNOW OF THIS EXCESS. I HAVE SINCE
THEN, PLACED THIS AMOUNT OF US3,550.000.00.MILLION DOLLARS ON A SUSPENCE
ACCOUNT WITHOUT A BENEFICIARY.AS AN OFFICER OF THE BANK, I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY THUS I AM IMPELLED TO REQUES T FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.I INTEND TO PART 30% OF THIS
FUND TO YOU WHILE 70% SHALL BE FOR ME. I DO NEED TO STRESS THAT THERE ARE
PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER.
ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUND.IF
YOU ACCEPT THIS OFFER, I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR TIMELY RESPONSE.WITH REGARDS,MR.SANTOMERO
.M ANTHONY.PRIVATE EMAILL ADDRESS(anthony2007@webmail.co.za)





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