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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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Fraud email example:

From: "My Response" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <investmentmanager83@yahoo.com.mx>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:03:17 +0100
Subject: Re: No response yet

Dear,

I am a Manager with A FIDUCIARY IN EUROPE . I sending you this proposal based on the latest development in our office which I will like to bring to your personal edification. I am writing with joy and excitement even though my heart goes out to the very powerful and distinguished gentleman who I was fortunate to be his Vault Portfolio Manager and extremely privileged to have known for many years.

In 2009, my client was going through a horrendous divorce and was on the verge of losing most of his estate to his vicious and diabolical wife. As a result of this alarming predicament, he (the client) came to me with a very brilliant idea, he transferred some funds amounting to 75 million United States Dollars out of his account into a Vault Management that was registered and deposited with the fiduciary in his name which only the two of us knew about as the confidentiality of the matter was necessary for his protection from his wife. Due to his untimely death in early 2010, the funds have been sitting in the Vault ever since and will continue to do so perpetually unless we do something about it.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN:

My client did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his Deposit with the fiduciary and against this backdrop, I am proposing to you that I would like you as a foreigner to stand in as beneficiary of the funds, which we have already finalized the in house arrangement for the funds to be approved for release with no legal implication, looking for a reliable foreign person/partner whom the final approval of the funds will be in his or her name to be released by the fiduciary for us to share. You will be prepared legally as to qualify you as beneficiary/Next of Kin. If you are ready to partner with me for execution of this task, go ahead and supply me the following below details:

Your Full Names:
Contact Address:
Contact phone numbers,/ Mobile :

Note, that the filing of documents/processing of the claim to bear your name as the beneficiary will commence on my receipt of the above details. There is no risk involved at all in this Project as all the process will be handled under a legitimate arrangement to avoid us breaching any part of the law.

The allocation of our money or our sharing ration will be discussed when you indicate your interest and seriousness to be part of this great fortune. On my hearing from you indicating your readiness to partner with me in this transaction, I will give you more details. Note, time is of the essence for this project to be closed behind scheduled.

I shall be looking forward to hearing from you Asap,

Truly yours
ROBERT EDWARD
Reply to: investmentmanager83@yahoo.com.mx
Date: 16-09-2010

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