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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: "financialmatters@outlook.com" <financialmatters@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:37:21 +0800
Subject: For your immediate attention!

From: Mr.Jacob Manabo,


Compliments!


I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business
proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I want a
trustworthy and established person that understands investment ethic
for entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment.

My name is Mr. Jacob Manabo, I hail from South Africa but work here in
Accra Ghana, as the Director of a security firm in Accra Ghana. I got
your contact through internet search source and after due
consideration, I decided to contact you believing that you will give
my request proper and urgent attention. I have been working with this
company for over fifteen years. Within this period I have watched with
meticulous precision how African Heads of States and Government
functionaries have been using our security firm/vaults to move huge
sums of money in United States Dollars, Pounds Sterling (Cash) to
their foreign partners overseas.

They bring in these Consignments of Cash and secretly declare the
contents as Gold Dust, Diamonds, Precious stones, Family treasures and
Classified Documents and Bonds etc. Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (Dead),
Gen. Sanni Abacha of Nigeria (Dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone,
Babangida IBB of Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote d"Ivoire
(Dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan) Charles Taylor of
Liberia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Muammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya now
(Dead) James Ibori of Nigeria etc.

All these (Greedy African Politicians Larders who refused to leave the
sit of power) have many consignments deposited with our company and
their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of
these Consignments on their behalf and A lot of these consignments are
lying here unclaimed for as much as Ten years. Nobody will ever come
for them because in most cases, the Certificate of Deposit is never
available to anybody except the depositors and me the Director/officer
of deposit

Since the inception of the year 2013, our company's management has
changed the procedure of claims of consignment in our vaults, as soon
as you are able to produce the secret information as contained in the
secret file of the deposit of any consignment, it will be released to
you upon demand as next of kin of the deceased depositor.

I have finalized every arrangement for the release of consignment
No.1450771, containing US$8.5 Million (Eighty Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars). Upon your positive reply on this
letter, I will furnish you with further details and information
regarding the modus operandi for the execution of the transaction. I
have taken necessary preventive measures. (The mode of sharing will be
50-50)

I await your response so that I will direct you on what to do and you
also furnish me with your personal details and your most private phone
number for easy communication

Please expedite action

Yours faithfully
Mr.Jacob Manabo
Tel: + (233)-261651148 (Private)

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