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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: Ronald George <RONALD568@MSN.COM>
Reply-To: infor.ronald@videobank.it
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:47:58 -0400
Subject: My Name is Ronald George.



INVESTMENT SCHEME

My Name is Ronald George, an investment consultant working here London with
Anglo Irish Bank Pl c.I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you
have a corporate or personal Bank Account.I need strong Assurance that
you will
never let me down,if I transfer this money to your account.The money to
transfer is £60.5M (Sixty Million and Five hundred British Pounds) for
investment expansion in your country,I am constrained to issue more details
about this business until your response is received.

I am looking forward hearing from you as soon as possible if you are
interested
reply back and send your mobile so that i will call you to have hearth to
hearth talk over this transaction. you should email me on Thank you for your
time and attention.

Warmest regards,
Ronald George.
Anglo Irish Bank Plc
P.O.Box.19,Bank
10 Old Jewry
London EC2R 8DN
www.angloirishbank.co.uk

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