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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: "Mike Logan" <mr.mikelogan45@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mikelogan@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:29:37 +0000
Subject: With Due Respect


*Mr Mike Logan
Branch Manager
Sky Finance Bank
first-light Branch Togo.
*
**
*Esteemed compliments.

I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion
or willingness on this classified information that I will release to you. I
am Mr Mike Logan, the branch manager of the Sky Finance Bank Lome Togo. I
got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 48 years of
age and married with 2 kids, therefore I would not want to jeopardize this
opportunity,It will change my financial status that will give my family a
secured future. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and
don't want problem, but I don't know how you will feel about this, but I am
telling you that this is real and you are not going to regret after doing
this transaction with me. I only hope we can assist each other. But If you
don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you
again.*

* I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,as
the branch manager of the Sky Finance Bank ; It is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office in the capital city Lome-Togo at the end
of each year. On the course of the last year 2007 end of year report, I
discovered that my branch in which I am the Manager made Five million seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars [5,750.000.00] which my head office are
not aware of and will never be aware of, Nor must they know that I am
involved in this transaction. I have since place this fund on what we call
SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.*

** *As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
so on this i am contacting you to assist and receive this money into your
bank account for us to SHARE, while you will have 30% of the total fund.
Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can
order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this
offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive
your kind response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it
successfully. *

*Best regards,
**Mr Mike Logan
+228 0727170*

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