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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: Simeon Baffoe <simeonbaffoe2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:11:24 +0000
Subject: Urgent and important message just for you

Dear Friend

I am Mr.Simeon.M.Baffoe a manager with a bank ,it is my duty to send in a
financial
report to my head office at the end of each year. In the course of the last
year 2012
end of year report,I discovered that my branch made Ten million Seven
hundred and fifty
thousand dollars (US$10,750.000.00) which my head office are not aware of
and will never be
aware of. I have since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
without any
beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank i am not suppose to be directly connected with
this hence i contacted
you to stand as the depositor,i will direct you on how to go about and the
money transferred to
you,i will give you 30% and 70% for me.

You do not have to worry,this is risk free,please indicate that you are
willing to partner with me,
can i have your information such as:

Your name in full:
Age:
Occupation:
Telephone number:

If you have any question let me know,thanks.

Simeon.

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