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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: "Gibson Kenmore" <jurtyjuer@aol.fr>
Reply-To: gibsonkenmore@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:48:53 +0100
Subject: Fund Instruments.


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Dear Sir,
I am an Independent Financial Service Professional, I work with a team of strong and reputable financial instruments providers and partners for financing, investment and private placement program with cash, hard assets, blocked funds, BGs e.t.c.
My advantage is the absolute openness and honesty in dealing with customers, ensuring their interest, security of funds and assets are protected.
I offer consulting services to advise investors that have a personal or corporate accounts in the first-class banks funds for the organization of high-yield private placement programs - Private Placement Program (PPP) by the use of Bank Guarantees (BG), Medium Term Notes (MTN), Certificate of Deposit - CD e.t.c. I also offer FC BG/SBLC, MTNs/LTNs Seasoned/Slightly Seasoned BGs. I also have access to providers that provides Swift Messages such as MT103, MT760, MT799 e.t.c.
For further inquiry, please reach me via this email (
gibson.kenmore@yahoo.com.hk
)
Sincerely,
Gibson Kenmore

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