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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: "Mr.Zinfy Mbeki Lucas" <lucasmbeki095@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:39:01 -0400
Subject:


Attention:

My name is Mr. Zinfy Lucas Mbeki I am South African by birth and resident in
Spain.

I am a sales and account manager in a financial consultancy firm here Madrid.
My Company is mandated to source for reliable investors in the World over to
invest available funds in profitable business ventures.

Depending on your experience and proposal you will forward to us, we will
determine a suitable amount to remit to you to kick off the business you intend
to invest in. You will manage this business without interference for a period
of three years, after which, the profit on investment will be shared after
taxation.

The investment areas are not limited and may include new businesses or
injection of funds into an existing firm that, of course, is profit oriented,
bearing in mind that you are not authorized to invest in public Companies or
Government agencies.

You can incorporate a firm fully owned by you based on the laws of your Country
or invest this money in a private Company as a shareholder. You can equally
trade stock or export and import goods as may be profitable. Fresh funds may
also be invested to enlarge the business if the prospects are good.

All these are without any liability to you as this is a risk that the fund
owners are ready to take, you will be required to make urgent contact with us
to finalize arrangements on how to move the agreed funds into a fresh account
you will open with the bank where I have lodged the funds and sign related
documents that will authorize you to manage this money on our behalf. A draft
agreement will be forwarded to you to enable us fine-tune all gray areas and
ensure a smooth take off.

Please, reply to this mail and I will forward more information to you all we
need is to ascertain your credibility, resourcefulness and experience.

I earnestly await your response.

Regards,
Mr.Zinfy Mbeki Lucas
Sales and Account consultant
Edifica Caja de,Avinguda
Madrid Spain





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