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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: "Manfred G Fasel" <manfredgfasel@pesiazona.sk>
Reply-To: manfredfasel@aol.com
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:57:19 +0100
Subject: INTRODUCTION-ATTENTION-URGENT REPLY NEEDED




Mr.Manfred G Fasel
14 The Av, Southampton, SO17 1XF
United Kingdom

Good day,
I am Manfred G Fasel,I work with leading bank.After going through your
profile, I feel quite
safe dealing with you in this business proposition although,this
medium(Internet)has been
greatly abused,I choose to reach you through it because it still remains
the fastest,surest
and most secured medium of communication.However,this Correspondence is
unofficial and
private, and it should be treated as such.I wish to inform you that this
letter is not a
hoax or Spam mail.I urge you to treat it with the seriousness it deserves.

I discovered a huge sum secretly in a high profile account,on
investigation I discovered
it belongs to a late customer of my bank without any administrator.

I want you to partner with me to transfer this funds out into your
account.
We shall share the money in terms that we will both agree .
Let me know if you are willing to partner with me.
Please do in your reply email state your:
1.Full Name
2.phone number


Waiting for your reply soon.

Yours Faithfully,
Manfred G Fasel




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