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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: "contcat60@terra.es" <contcat60@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:16:18 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU



Hello Dear,

CAN I TRUST YOU

My Name is Ms. Lisa Williams, I am the Operations Manager of POST SECURITIES UK.I am a Liberian citizen and I have been working with this firm for over 13 years when I came to london during the liberia civil war and within this period,I have watched with a keen interest on how African Heads of state and government functionaries have been using this company as vehicle to move huge sums of money in cash,pounds STERLING,EUROS.US$ ETC) to their foreign partners and asset managers.They lodge in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as family treasures and documents e.g.MOBUTU SESE SECO OF ZAIRE(DEAD),FODE SANKOY OF SIERRA LEONE, FELIX HOUPHET BOIGNY OF COTED'IVORE (DEAD),KANAN BEDIE OF COTE D' IVORE (ABIDJAN DEAD), SANI ABACHA OF NIGERIA (DEAD) some EX-NIGERIA STATE GOVERNORS etc and quite a couple both serving and ex-Heads of African States .

All these people have consignments deposited with my firm and over the period are being claimed by their foreign partners,friends and relatives.A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as eight years. Nobody
will ever come for them because in most cases, the deposit documents are never available for anybody except the depositors.On the above preference and with my in-depth knowledge on the depositors contractual mandate .I
have moved two trunks boxes to our affiliate office abroad (ready for collection).More than Six consignments belonging to the former Rebel president of Liberia, Charles Taylor has been claimed in the past six months with only proof of deposit certificate as was stipulated in their deposit contract mandate and this is why i am soliciting for your maximum co-operation and assistance. As much as i know, Gen Abacha has nine consignments deposited with several names and codes, four has have been claimed in the past six months with a request stipulating that the boxes are delivered to the claimer designated address.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to go and claim the consignments with code NO; GDS: 1401/1402,CONTAINING $45MILLION.I will supply you with all the information and documents which you will need .In conclusion,I assure you that this business is risk free. (OUR MODE OF SHARING IS 40% FOR YOU AND THE REST 60% for me)

I will explain the details of the transaction on your response.

I await your immediate response.

Best Regards,
MS LISA WILLIAMS.








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