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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: "Tony Parker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tonypaker66@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:50:34 -0430
Subject: Your Scam Compensation Payment

 
Financial Intelligent Monetary Services ( FIMS)
56 Avenue Melbourne Australia
Reference Order /ASXX/PO0-65RV
 
 
Scam Compensation sum of $4.9 million dollars approved in your name through World Bank mass
 
assisted project funds. This compensation involves business investment failure, Inheritance,
 
Contracts, Lottery, Dating, Diplomatic Payment, E.T.C, the mass assisted fund was approved
to settle failed business / scam compensation.
 
Please indicate if you have received your compensation funds sum of (U.S.D $4.9 ).We have tried
 
all our possible  means to contact you since your name and email were stated on the manifest list
 
submitted by the world bank external auditors but it failed and we want to know if you are still
 
alive ,so that we can finalized this transaction once and for all. Note that you can visit this
 
link (http://www.uncc.ch/status.htm) to see the data of all compensatory funds paid to individual
 
through mass assisted project.
 
We have received your name in the New Year scam compensation list submitted by the external
 
affairs department of World Bank Switzerland; your name was submitted through the secret security
services of international scam watchers approved by World Bank to compile names of fraud victims
 
globally.Security watchers verified intensively through their international server security
 
detector device that you have unknowing engaged in negative transactions with some group of fraud
 
syndicates operating to defraud unsuspected victims with none  exiting mouthwatering proposals,
 
we are using this opportunity to inform you that the transactions executed with those
people where simply fraud, there was no money approved in your name for any reason, they were
 
manipulating your sense of reasoning by using tricks that appears to be true with fabricated
 
documents which does not have any government approved serial number.
 
Have you asked yourself why they always demand formoney consistently whenever they promised to
 
release the funds promised to you? How many times did you observe there instructions and yet
 
nothing was paid to you? The business you transacted with them have never existed rather it was
 
an avenue to extort your hard earned money endlessly.
 
In furtherance, I presumed you must have been wondering why after paying all the fees requested
 
by them nothing was paid to you rather they enjoyed your hard earned money without remorse of
 
their evil deeds. The only funds approved in your name is $4.9 million dollars from the new world
 
bank mass assisted project, they operates through different avenues, locations and from many
 
countries especially west Africa Nigeria, Spain, Ghana, Benin republic, London E.T.C.  The scam
compensation has genuine source with all the legal clearance documents approved in your name; the
 
scam compensation excise has absolute transparent background which integrates financial service
 
policy.
 
Finally, you have the opportunity to enjoy positive New Year if you corporate and follow the
 
official instructions mandated for the processing release of your scam compensation already in
 
your name. You have to keep your scam compensation process utmost confidential then
submit any further scam messages you receive for our perusal.
 
 
Waiting For Your Swift Response.
 
Regards,
 
Mr. Tony Parker
 
 

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