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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: JAMAL ZABIDIN <robin.shepherd01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: contact_us@freenet.lu
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 01:32:52 +0100
Subject: FIDELITY INVESTMENT!

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Compliments of the day my partner,

Sorry for whatever inconvenience this message might cause to you,
Please deny me not the privilege to introduce myself, I am Jamal
Zabidin, Former Chairman of the Audit
Committee with a reputable Bank here in South East Asia. I sincerely
apologize for contacting you through this medium for this kind of
deal, which I will like you to consider
confidential. I will disclose the details of the business to you prior
to your acceptance to assist me with good heart & keep my personal
detail concealed. I deposited in a
secret account with a Bank in Asia, which I shall commence on the
re-transfer to any account you will provide in any part of the world,
if you desire to assist me with the
needed change to achieve our objective.The fund was the result of
excesses I made as a former Port-folio/Investment Manager with my
Company by careful management of the investors portfolio, as a routine
every investor gets the percentage dividend from the total capital
invested into the company annually.

Last year it was announced that the profit margin was 20% after
careful assessment, I discovered the profit margin to be 21.2% (i.e)
an excess of 1.2% on each investor's Capital, so I secretly extracted
the 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on
each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund. As an expert, It
amounts to ($62,700,000). And I am hereby contacted you to stand in as
an investor with your Company name to receive the fund as Annual
Investment Proceeds from the
Marginal Fund. All documents to back up the claims will be provided to
you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the
modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in the
bank for the re-transfer of the fund without any hitches. Our sharing
ratio will be 70:30. If you are interested, you should send your
direct telephone number for the discussion of the transaction in
further details.

Best regards,
Jamal Zabidin.

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