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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. Erick" <erickadode@outlook.com>
Reply-To: erickadode@aol.co.uk
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:29:30 -0700
Subject: Message resent

From: Mr. Erick Adode
Branch Manager,
Fidelity Bank


Dear Friend,

I write you this proposal in good faith. I am 42 years old married with two
lovely kids. I am a honest, honorable and a discreet businessman.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the
regional manager of the Fidelity Bank it is my duty to send in a financial
report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business
year. On the course of the last year 2013 business report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made USD$23,680.000 (Twenty three million six
hundred and eighty thousand united state dollars) which my head office are not
aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call
escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be
directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me
receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as
commission.

I am also willing to invest my own part of the money into any moving business
in your country after the accomplishment of this project.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer,
and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these
funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the
transfer to your designated bank account.

I will appreciate it if you are willing to work with in this project. Mail me
if you think we can work together so that we can go over the details.

Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.

Please indicate your interest in coming into partnership with me by providing
me with your full information below:

FULL NAME
ADDRESS
AGE
SEX
OCCUPATION
MARITAL STATUS
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.

Yours truly,
Mr. Erick Adode

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