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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: "Anti-Fraud International" <prof.tomdean@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: prof.tomdean@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 03:43:36 -0700
Subject: YOUR $10.5 MILLION RECOVERY..

Dear,

YOUR $10.5 MILLION RECOVERY.

My name is Prof Thomas Dean. I am the vice Chairman of the International Investigations and Anti Fraud Task Force, For African Region 2014. I am wondering why you have not followed up your rescued payment despite our effort to write you recently.

Sir, we the entire delegates of the above office flew into West Africa recently because of numerous complaints filed against various African governments on their inability to pay foreign beneficiaries
of Inheritance funds, Contract funds and Compensations into their respective banks accounts even after they must have collected all required transfer fees from these foreign beneficiaries.

This is the reason why we were mandated by the United Nations, United States government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to fly into West Africa and rectify these problems by making sure
that all affected foreign beneficiaries receive their long over due funds funds without making further upfront payment(s).

>From the time we came into West Africa here, we have been able to repatriate some funds that was wrongly diverted into different bank accounts abroad by the bad eggs in the banks and ministries here. Further more ,from your file here on my table I am so surprised that you have not received your payment up till this moment as from what I saw in your file, you have complied with all the transfer documents that shows and proved your legitimacy as the beneficiary of this fund.

We signed a memorandum of understanding with the these governments to pay off all certified foreign beneficiaries from our own liquidity (Available Funds) in our UN / EU controlled bank in Europe and America, and we will debit the concerned government and get reimbursed at a later date.

Finally, Are you still alive and healthy? If you are still alive, you are required to immediately respond to this mail to enable us send to you our payment transfer form to fill in correctly in other to receive your fund in your choice bank account there in your country.

Call me on my West African Telephone number if you can for convenience discussion if you can.

Best regards.

Prof Thomas Dean.
International Anti-Fraud & Protection Org. (IAFPO)
2014 Funds Investigation for Africa Region.
Presently in West Africa.

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