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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: Montgomery Security Vault <martinwalker@kimo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:11:09 -0800
Subject: Your Payment Is Ready..


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Montgomery Security Vault
25, Montgomery Road, Yaba
Lagos- Nigeria West Africa



Dearest Customer,

The management of the Montgomery Security Vault Nigeria writes to inform you
of your long overdue payment worth $17.5 Million (Seventeen Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollar) that has been laying waiting in our security
vault.

With regards to the approval of your name and e-mail received and Confirmed
by the Legal Department of the Montgomery Security Vault; you are hereby
directed to contact us for immediate release of your trunk box in our
security vault. The management has authorized Martin Walker head of
operations to handle this transaction for delivery to take place as soon as
possible. You are hereby to stop any further communication with any bank or
security company contacting you in respect of this fund in our security
vault. We want this transaction to be transparent to you, this is the more
reason we want you to come to Africa to handle this transaction yourself to
avoid any misdirection from anybody, to enable you see your fund with your
eyes. Note that since you have been delaying with this entire people that
claim to have your fund, you have not been in contact with them, this is to
prove to you that this transaction is 100% real and not child's play.

Your seriousness will determine how soon you will receive your fund in your
country.

You are also advice to forward the below information to us for final
verification.

Your details:
First name:
Last name:
Addresses:
Email address:
Contact numbers:
Country:
Can you come to Africa?
Yes OR No
Kindly get back to us as soon as possible. Note that seriousness is needed
in this transaction.

By management,

Montgomery Security Vault
25, Montgomery Road, Yaba
Lagos- Nigeria West Africa








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