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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: "FRED ANA" <fred_ana04@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:32:24 +0530
Subject: From The Desk of Mr. Fred Ana,


From The Desk of Mr. Fred Ana,
General Manager, Cbn Lasco Finance,
security & Sec. Services.
E-mail:fred_ana01@sifymail.com <E-mail%3Afred_ana01@sifymail.com>

Attn:

I am Mr. Fred Ana, General manager to the CBN Finance,security & Sec.
Services . this note was taken in my office where i was serving verification
documents to some White men Mr Albert Evans and Mr john Steve who stormed in
my office in company of Mr. Paul Mousa (on white African attire).The black
man (Mr. Paul Mousa) claimed to be your representative and the supervisory
Engineer that supervised and Lasco security, company & Sec. Services (OUR
COMPANY) because of their inability to have paid at the agreed time.

They said that you were dead and before your death, you appointed them as
the next of kin to your contract fund presently under our custody now, these
two white men and the black gentleman quickly applied that your Inherited
fund should be presented to them at the spot.The Official responsible for
the presentation of consignment quickly granted approvals to their
application and packaged the fund for them to go with it, When the Lasco
security, company & Sec. Services Debit Note was submitted to my desk for
final Approvals before forwarding it to them for endorsement, I noticed that
there are discrepancies as there was no evidence of authorization letter
from you for the change of beneficiary.

I urgently summoned The Official responsible for the presentation of the
consignment and directed him to stop the movement of the funds and at the
same time placed a stop order instruction on the funds pending when your
views and comments are received with regards to this matter.Please study the
attached photograph and respond to me urgently for your comments which will
be highly appreciated, but we will not hesitate to continue the payment
transmission to them if no response comes from you.

Contact me on this
Email:fred_ana01@sifymail.com<Email%3Afred_ana01@sifymail.com>immediately
as your silence will be a clear indication that you authorized
them to effect the above changes.

Regards,Mr. fred Ana,
General Manager,
Lasco Finance And Security Company
e-mail:fred_ana01@sifymail.com <e-mail%3Afred_ana01@sifymail.com>

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