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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: "Mr. Manoone Anachitt." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <noonanatt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:17:15 -0000
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!

I am Mr. Manoone Anachitt I am 49 years old and happily married with grown children, and I'm working with finances currency unit here in the UK, we are responsible for auditing foreign account holders in all different banks here in the United Kingdom.

I found your phone number in my country, international web directory. During our recent annual inspections of all the different bank accounts here in the UK, my department was a dormant account with a huge sum of ? 25,000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million British Pounds). These funds were at the bank by a customer who is a national citizens applied in your country who unfortunately died in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

The deceased account has been declared to be dormant and since 2006 these funds confiscated / declared unusable and turned to the British government if the deceased business associates or immediate family does not claim this money, since all efforts no living relatives beat track to the deceased fails, I've decided that I would have entitled this money as the deceased business partner / next of kin or, as one from the same country and perhaps have some similarities in certain areas. Everything about this transaction shall be legally done without any hook, i like the deceased account Officer and all relevant documents of this deposit were kept under my care.

I need to work together, we, if you're interested and I can assure you that I have all necessary information and documents to enable us transfer this money we give to your bank account no problem legally.

Please try to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue, as I do that a sincere, honest and matured person and above all hope are trustworthy. Once the funds have been successfully transferred into your account, we will be there to share in a ratio of 30% for you, 65% for me and my staff in the bank and the reminder 5% to take care of contingencies.

I am counting on your anticipated cooperation for a successful and trouble free business transaction between us, which will be of mutual benefit, for a start oblige me these information: -

First Your full name {s}: -

2.current contact: -

Third Your present Occupation: -

4th Your time: -

5th Contact phone numbers {Office and Mobile {cell}: -

Please, if you are not interested delete this email and not hurt me, because I am that my career and my family's life at stake with this project. Although nothing ventured nothing gained, as they say, the taste of the pudding is in the diet, give this proposal serious and favorable consideration.

Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated you could send your reply to my private e-mail address: noonanatt@gmail.com

UK Finance Currency Unit Monitory Dept.

Mr. Manoone Anachitt.
E-mail: noonanatt@gmail.com

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