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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: "Approved Fund" <mailmailorgorg66@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:21:27 -1000
Subject: BE WARNED!!!!

From:Mr David Richard
Remittance Manager
Liberty Financial, Inc.
8200 Humboldt Avenue
South Suite 3101,
Commerce Building,
Minneapolis MN 55431-1453

BE WARNED!!!!

Be informed that Liberty Financial, Inc. have received
official confirmation from the Remittance Authorities that
you are eligible to receive the approved fund as the legally
approved bonafide beneficiary and that we should go ahead to
release your fund.

After my careful investigation we were made to understand
that you have been paying fee after fee, This means that
from the beginning all what you have been told are false and
the people dealing with you are international fraudsters
called in Nigeria 419ers. They create in existent scenario
and back it up with fake computer print documents, put your
name in it as evidence that you have inheritance. With these
fake documents, they go on to be swindling and scamming the
naive victim of theirs. They keep telling you different
stories that are all lies with singular intention of
extorting money from you.

Particularly, it is important to educate you regarding our
esteemed available methods of Transfer of Funds. As the
approved bonafide owner of the Funds, you reserve the
singular RIGHT to know our preferred Method of Payment
before we can officially MOVE AHEAD with the processes of
actualizing the final release of the Money to you.

FUNDS' RELEASE BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT):
This system of payment entails that you the beneficiary will
provide your regular checking account nominate where the
concerned remittance authorities of this Bank will effect
the Release of the approved Funds by Wire Telegraphic
Transfer DIRECTLY to your account destination in any part of
the world. The account information from you the beneficiary
must include a Bank name, address of bank, account number,
routing number / swift or sort code and name on account.


Yours truly,

Mr David Richard
Remittance Manager

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