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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: "Mr.Jon Fox" <mr.jonfox8@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:11:00 +0000
Subject: Regional Managing Director


Mr Jon Fox,
Regional Managing Director
AIB Investment Managers Limited (AIBIM). London



Dear Friend,

Please pay attention and understand my aim of e-mailing you today, my name
is Mr.Jon Fox, Regional Managing Director AIB Investment Managers Limited
(AIBIM). I ask you consider this transaction with strict and utmost
confidentiality.Being a top executive at AIB Investment Managers Limited
(AIBIM), I discovered a numbered account with a credit balance of
£27,900,000 .00 (Twenty Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand British
Pounds) that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr Henry
Stafford Sr.) an American who was a victim of Hurricane Katrina in August
2005. With my position at the bank, I have all access, secret details and
necessary contacts to claim these funds without any hitch. I only need your
HELP as a foreigner to assume the
beneficiary, because my position as a civil servant and a staff of the bank
does not permit me or my relatives to make this claim. Therefore, I want
you to stand as the “Foreign Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect
transfer strategy that will be placed in your name legally, so that nobody
will suspect your claims.


For your assistance to achieve this greatness, you are entitled to 40% of
the total sum GBP£27,900,000 .00. Upon consideration of the offer, please
provide me (Your full name, Contact address and your direct telephone/fax
number) to enable me re-profile the fund to your name as the beneficiary
and guide you on how to contact AIB Investment Managers Limited (AIBIM) for
the release and transfer of the fund to any bank account of your choice.
So, considering the volume of discretion required for success of this
project, i ask your reply feel free to write me back for clear
explanations. Thanking you in anticipation of your immediate reply. to my
private e-mail address: mr.jon-fox@hotmail.com

Yours truly,

Mr Jon Fox,
Regional Managing Director
AIB Investment Managers Limited (AIBIM)

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