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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: "06import@nanshin-bussan.co.jp" <06import@nanshin-bussan.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:10:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?iso-2022-jp?B?SU5RVUlSWS4g?=


Dear Friend,

I crave your indulgence to get in contact with you with this piece of information. First I will like to give you brief information a
bout the transaction I am about to present to you. I am an offshore portfolio manager in a financial institution. This financial tra
nsactions is highly confidential because of the nature they want to use such funds for.

Ours is to arrange for cash payment of whatever volume to such clients at a convenient location after confirmation of deposit of the
local currency equivalent into our company's trading account. January years before now, an old client from Libya who needed 21 mill
ion dollars in cash for a business transaction in Europe. He remitted the local currency equivalent into our trading account in Afri
ca and was to collect the $10.5 million dollar cash as first installment by April 2012. By end of April, he did not show up neither
communicate to us, I sent several messages to him but no response. Shockingly, recently I was reliably informed that he is dead afte
r a serious sickness as a result of gun wound he sustained in the Libyan revolution crises. Copy the link below and see the Libyan c
rises

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18529139

Interestingly the transaction was just between him and me as the offshore portfolio manager and till now he is being expected for co
llection of the entire deposit which is $21 million dollars or the first installment from the total deposit. My company is not aware
of the death of this client and now, I wish to arrange for the release of the money to someone who will be willing and trustworthy
to cooperate with me. I can authorize the release of the fund to you for our mutual benefit because it is in my authority to do so.




What I need is the conviction that you have the capacity to receive and invest such volume of fund in a legal business for our mutua
l benefit. Please email me to indicate your interest to pull this deal with me. I wish to stop for now until I am certain we can do
this together, then I will give you details. Reply me via my secured personal email to indicate your interest: mrs.zita.deodre@live.
com

Regards,
Mrs. Zita Deodre
email / mrs.zita.deodre@live.com

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