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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: Peter Appelble <danbenco40@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: peter.appelble@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Dear

*Please get back to me immediately after reading this private mail so that we can proceed and complete the entire process within the next three business days.
*
Thank God for this great opportunity. I am extremely very happy to inform you that the funds(running into several millions of dollars) could be remmited/paid to you in less than three (3) business days, because I gathered from a very reliable contact in the corridors of Power that the Government is currently settling external outstanding payments/debts from over US$10billion in the Government's foreign reserve account in an offshore financial institution. And I can quickly influence the inclusion
of your name among those to be paid within the next few days. Be informed that once your name is included among those to be paid, a payment order/directive shall then be immedately sent to the financial institution to immediately release the funds to you. Consequently, the financial institution shall then contact you directly, to release the funds to you.

*PAYMENT PROCEDURE OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION:*
The financial institution will then open a ‘Secured Private Automated Coded Telephone Banking Account’ for you and lodge your money into the ‘Secured Private Automated Coded Telephone Banking Account’. In this way, the money will not be exposed to any criminal investigation by any regulatory bodies anywhere in the world.

The financial institution will then send you full detailed information of your ‘Secured Private Automated Coded Telephone Banking Account’ together with all instructions on how you will operate it via the use of the financial institution's secured  automated telephone banking system, so that you can instantly and personally in the comfort of your room or office; transfer all your money out of your ‘Secured Private Automated Coded Telephone Banking Account’ into any bank account of your choice anywhere in the world, without the interference of any third party whatsoever.
*
IN CASE YOU ARE NOT THE BENEFICIARY OF THE MONEY:*
In case you are not the beneficiary of this money, you should not entertain any fear at all, because there is absolutely no single risk involved. This is because, with my assistance, you can still claim the money. This money has been duly approved and gazetted for payment and your email address is permanently attached to it as the contact address of the beneficiary of the money. So whether your email address appearing there is a mistake or not, all I can 100% assure you is that with my assistance you can easily and legally claim the money without any iota of problem at all. You should not entertain any fear at all because there will be no inquiry whatsoever about the money, either now or in the future. Furthermore, everything will be done under full legitimate arrangement, so there is absolutely no cause for alarm, everything is 100% risk free. I am very influential top Government official in the Ministry of finance. I have served the Government
meritoriously for over 20years and I want to retire without any iota of
dent on my name, so you can understand that if there would be any risk whatsoever in this transaction, I would not be foolish to get my noble self involved in it at all. Honestly, we can easily and legally claim this money with absolute peace of mind. All I require is your honest cooperation and assurance that you will adequately compensate me after you have taken custody of the money.

Once again, thank God for this great opportunity and get back to me immediately after reading this mail because once you give me the go-ahead I shall proceed at once and swing into action. I Anticipate your urgent response while hoping that you will adequately compensate me and not to take advantage of me after you have taken custody of the money.

So get back to me at once and kindly indicate/re-confirm the following information in your response;*
(1). YOUR FULL NAME:
(2). YOUR ADDRESS:
(3). YOUR TELEPHONE/MOBILE/FAX NUMBERS:
(4). YOUR OCCUPATION:
(5). YOUR AGE:

However, if you feel uncomfortable with this proposal, please kindly still write to me about your , while hoping that you will keep it absolutely confidential and not telling/revealing it to anyone.

Yours faithfully,
Peter A. Bello

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