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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: "Ministerial Commission Board of Trustees" <lioneljordan@instructor.net>
Reply-To: lioneljordan@buzonabc.com
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 19:33:40 +0500 (UZT)
Subject: Transfer Notification of Your Funds




>From The Desk Lionel Jordan
Re: Transfer Notification of Your Funds

Attention Recipient,

It has appear to the detect of Ministerial Commission that your present
pending payment, being handled by the Remitting Banks/Body in Africa ,
Europe, America and Asia is experiencing some man made irregularities.
Indicate the aforementioned continent where you have lost your bequest
fund or still pursing your pending fund to enable us commence on our
investigations. To this effect, it became necessary for the Board of
Trustees to invite trained Fund Transfer/Assets transfer Specialists from
to resolve and regularize your fund release with immediate effect and to
stop all further fund discrepancies.

We have been duly consulted by the Ministerial Commission Board of
Trustees, and have also been fully informed about how the staffs of the
remitting banks in her continent have been taking advantage of you by
telling you to pay unnecessary exorbitant charges in the name of
transferring your fund into your account. Due to this, we have decided to
step into the process of your fund transfer to enable your funds be
transferred to you as soon as possible without requiring to pay all the
huge sum of money that are being demanded from you by the remitting banks

However, your fund amounting (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand USD$8.5
Million) is going to be paid to you through the Bank Liaison Remittance
Office in United Kingdom or United State of America, depending on your
choice, this options have been initiated to cut out unnecessary costs. You
are hereby required to send your full details to enable us submit writing
report to the Ministerial Commission Board of Trustees and also to the
paying Bank to start the process of your fund release under international
fund transfer rules and regulation.

1) Your full name and address (2) Your home and office telephone numbers
(3) Your Age and Occupation

Furthermore, you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges to
any person or financial institutions as they shall no longer be handling
your payment procedure.

We shall await your immediate correspondence with your details for
re-confirmation to the email address at (lioneljordan@buzonabc.com) to
enable us concludes your payment straight away.

Yours in Service,

Lionel Jordan
Chairman of the committee


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