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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: "Mrs Vanessa Paula" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulavans99@yahoo.fi>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:03:58 +0700
Subject: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FUNDS (TOP SECRETE)

Attn: My Dear,

I am Mrs. Vanessa Paula, 48 years Old From Argentina. I reside there in In Argentina. Am thinking of relocating New Zealand, I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Africa (Benin, Nigeria) many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $60,000 while in the Argentina trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel to Europe with all my compensation documents, And I was directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact Agent Mr. Michael Bourke who is a Private Detective representative of the ( FB I ) and a member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE in Europe and I contacted her, he explained everything to me. he said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $15,Million Us Dollars, Moreover, Mr. Michael Bourke showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payment and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you they are not with your fund, they are only making money from you i will advise you to contact Mr. Michael Bourke. Moreover, Mr. Bourke also made it known to me that some top officials at the bank, are divert funds meant for people like you into their own personal pocket. They framed a story that you are dead and do all necessary document to transfer your funds to their own account. You need to contact Mr. Bourke so he can help you retrieve your funds and make them transfer your funds to you.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name: Mr Michael Bourke
(Private Investigator)
mbourke81@yahoo.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your funds is with them, it is not in any way with them they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

Contact Mr. Michael Bourke with the information below so that he can quickly get your file and work on them for you.

Your Full Name:
Address:
Phone and Mobile Number:

NB: The only money I paid after I met Mr. Michael Bourke was just $400 for the paper works take note of that. I gave him my entire document for the transaction including Laundry Certificate.

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr. Michael Bourke so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Yours Sincerely
Mrs Vanessa Paula

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