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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: "clooney mittal" <clooneymittal01@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: clooneymittal@omfgpwnd.com
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 18:27:06 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION URGENT TRANSFER


I am Mr Clooney Mittal,
I work with West Federal Financial Enforcement Network. Two years ago, We
came across the some of USD$20M (Twenty Million United State dollars) wire
transfer during our assignment, from all indications and the rate of
financial misconducts by the top government officials, we suspected this
fund because of the large amounts and stopped the transfer. From our
investigations based on recent loots by government personnel, we observed
that top corrupt government officials where connected to this transfer.We
furthered our investigations to know the people involved, but all efforts
made were unsuccessful since both accounts were not in existence and cannot
be traced to anyone. We are supposed to notify such operation to the
StateTreasury Department (STD) but we agreed to keep this fund for
ourselves. We reached an agreement with the Account Officer of Niger Delta
Real Estate Development Scheme (NDREDS) to take control and safeguard this
funds in his management account, which in due time would be transfered into
Home Equity Line of Credit Account in the USA. Presently, the (NDREDS)
Account Officer has been reminding us of our agreement two years ago to
provide a beneficiary since he will retire from office in a few months
time. Based on banking law and regulation of 1999 federal constitution, that
any deposited fund that remains unclaimed after the existing period of three
years will be confiscated by the government. As a Public servant, I am
not authorized to operate a Line of Credit Account.I seek your consent as a
foreigner, to present you as the beneficiary to enable you claim this fund
on our behalf and provide a Line of Credit Account for this transaction.
We will offer you 20% of the same amount in your role for this transaction,
while we will get back 80%. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and
genuine.If you are interested, Please contact me through email or personal
phone number for confidentiality and send your telephone numbers to enable
us discuss further about this transaction. Remember that this transaction
will not require your financial commitment, we have arranged for funds to
enable us cover every expense to facilitate this transaction. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Write back to me as soon as possible
because any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another
person for this same purpose. CONTACT IN PERSONAL
+2348022153607

Awaiting your soonest response today.
Yours faithful, clooney mittal

*clooneymittal@omfgpwnd.com*

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