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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: "Honore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <honore15yroldd3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:07:52 -0000
Subject: The Fund USD $ 30.500.000,00



The Fund USD $ 30.500.000,00 I heard a long dicussion with the bank director today about my later father fund that is still under their custody and the bank director told me that the best way to transfer the fund is for the bank to put the fund of the sum of USD $ 30.500.000.00 (Thirty Millions Five hundred thousand United state Dollars) to a ATM visa and send the ATM visa card to you in your country in other for you to withdrew sum of $5000 each day from the visa.

But before that will be done the bank will requested from you your full name and address with telephone number and scan your international passport or your drivers license in other to have a file of your identity.

And I want to inform you that the bank manager has given me assurance that they are ready to transfer the funds. When the amount of U.S. $ 30.5 million fund is transferred to you,


The director told me that the soon the above information is received then the bank will process the order of the visa card (ATM CARD) and post the visa card to you which will bears your information The director told me that the secret code of the card will not be post alone with the visa card for a security reason that as soon as, you received the visa card you will call for the secret code to be giving to you.


The director said that, if you agreed to this order you can contact the bank with your sincere agreement email or letter in other for the bank to process the order of the visa card.


Be it that the fund what deposited as an foreign investment fund and now i am seeking for a good person that know more about an investment be it that i am just 15 years old girl and i do not know anything about investment and now that there is war and crisis in my country i will need an urgent transfer of the fund via the ATM visa card to be executed to you which is the reason i have contacted you with trust and confident.

I wait to hear from you on this email: honore15yroldd1@gmail.com


I wait for your quick respond on this email: honore15yroldd1@gmail.com

Miss Honore Desire Tagro
honore15yroldd1@gmail.com

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