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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: "Dr. Andres Erico" <admin@4life.ws>
Reply-To: andreserico77@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:43:03 -0500
Subject: Greetings



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Greetings,

I know that naturally this message will come to you as a surprise since
we have not met before but permit me however, it is with deep sense of
necessity that I humbly make this communication to you with the
understanding that any fact/s or opinion/s expressed in this message are
given in confidence and solely for your personal information and use.

I am afraid many things are going on over the internet today which is
already tainting the usefulness and image of one of the easiest ways of
electronic communication. However, if my message does not interest you,
in your free will you can disregard it but if it makes sense to you, it
will be my grateful honour to have your immediate response.

I am Dr. Andres Erico, a former manager with a mega bank in Cape Verde,
I hope that you are very capable and reliable to carry out this issue
with me. Some yrs ago, I used an unclaimed fund worth {$100 million USD}
whose owner had died 23yrs ago and no one has come to claim the money. I
secretly invest the fund in a high interest program in a Swiss bank and
it ran for 7yrs which I made a profit of $10million USD.

Thank God I stopped the program and returned the capital back to our
bank and deposited my $10 Million Dollar interest in a safe location
before the issue leaked into the knowledge of the board of directors of
the bank which led to my dismissal and trial of which as I send you this
email, I am on house confinement. My penal sentence could have been
worse but because I did not steal any money from the original deposit I
was only placed on house arrest.

It is based on this $10 million USD profit which I made from the high
interest program in swiss and currently in a finance security company
outside Cape Verde I am contacting you. Please I need your assistance to
pull out the $10 Million Dollar and transfer it to your country for
investment so that I can be able to meet my regular family needs even as
I am in custody.

At the moment my children and I are passing through financial hard times
and if I don't find immediate solution to the financial situation it
will get very worse for us. Now I can only make calls to numbers within
Cape Verde because any call outside Cape Verde is closely being
monitored until I serve out my 7 years term under house arrest but
nevertheless I am connected to the internet with which I am sending you
this message.

I am actually in dire need to immediately transfer this money for the
sake of my family, that's why I am contacting you today.

I will need you to partner with me and provide an account / location
where the fund can be transferred to and as soon as you have received it
in your country, I will assign a lawyer to fly over to meet you.

I will give you 25% of the money for your help and I will use my share
of 75% for any lucrative investment in your country. This is 100% risk
free as I legitimately acquired the fund. All I have to do is to name
you as the beneficiary of the fund with the help of a lawyer and have it
transferred to your country.

If you are interested in this transaction, please do not hesitate to
contact me as soon as possible through my email:
andreserico77@hotmail.com

As I said there are no risks involved in this transaction; I can provide
you with documentation of the fund for your perusal.

Thank you,
Dr. Andres Erico

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