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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: "Yoours Partner" <tony@roscomercedes.com>
Reply-To: eileenhardy91@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:30:11 -0400
Subject: COMPENATION FOR YOUR PAST EFFORTS.

HELLO,

I am happy to inform you of my success in obtaining these transferred funds
under the co-operation of a new associate of French nationality. Currently I
am presently in Europe for investment projects with my own percentage of the
total sum.

While waiting, I did not forget your past efforts and your assistance in
respect of the transfers of these funds, in spite of certain difficulties or
financial support that made you to abandon this business, I am sorry for what
happened to both of us (you and me). Please feel free to contact my
secretary,her contact address:
Miss Eileen Hardy
Email: eileenhardy91@yahoo.com

Ask her to send the remaining Truck Box that contain the rest of the funds
that I kept on your behalf to offer you for your compensation (remuneration)
for all the past efforts and assistance in this business.

I retrieved a part of the funds from the truck box in the security Company and
the remaining funds which belongs to you is currently in the truck box
containing US$ 8.000.000 Dollars .I really appreciated your efforts so much.
Please do not hesitate to contact her and instruct him to send the Truck Box
Containing the funds ( US$ 8.000.000 dollars neither by diplomatic transfer to
your place in your Country or you have to visit Republic of Benin your self in
order to claim it your self through the assistance of my secretary. Please
inform me as soon
as you enter in possession of the funds remaining so that we can to together
share the joy after all the long sufferings in time for the realization of
this business. Now, I am much occupied because of the investment projects that
I and my new associate
are now handling.

Finally, I gave instruction to my secretary and the security company to
give you the remaining truck box because this truck box belongs to you.

Do not forget that the secretary neither the security company doesn�t know the
real content of the truck box because they know that the content of the truck
box contains Computer accessories. If really you provided an effort to help me
out in this business, for easier identification to my secretary, you have to
put my complete name also yours to ensure my secretary that you are really my
associate when replying to enable him to assist you for the transferring of
the truck box by diplomatic transfer through your personal address that you
will indicate to her.

God Bless.

Your Brother

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