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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: "Dr Veronica N. Lee" <drveronican.lee10@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:56:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: RE: TRANSACTION ON MUTUAL BENEFIT.


FOREIGN DEBT RECONCILIATION PANEL
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX,
Room 112, 4th Floor,Gariki, Abuja
Ref: F.DRC//N.T/VOL.1/2015

DEAR SIR

RE: TRANSACTION ON MUTUAL BENEFIT.

MY NAME IS  Dr (Mrs) VERONICA LEE, I KNOW YOU MUST BE SURPRISED AT THIS
DEVELOPMENT BUT I CHOSE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH BECAUSE OF MY SINCERE
WISH TO TREAT EVERY MAN, AS I WOULD EXPECT TO BE TREATED.

AFTER THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ON YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT FILE AS DIRECTED
BY THE PRESIDENT, I DISCOVERED THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LONG PROCESS FOR
YOUR MONEY TO BE RELEASED DUE TO SOME IRREGULARITIES DETECTED IN YOUR
FILE. DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE SPENT SO
MUCH MONEY IN TRYING TO REALIZE YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT, WHICH DID NOT
EVEN REFLECT IN YOUR FILE, BUT I HAVE AN OFFER, WHICH WILL AT LEAST
HELP YOUR FINANCIAL STAND UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT.
THIS OFFER IS AN AMOUNT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEFTOVER. IT IS A
TOTAL SUM OF US$20,000.000 (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
ONLY), WHICH WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN YOU AND I IN THE RATIO OF 70/25%., THE BALANCE 5% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSES THAT WE MIGHT INCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS TRANSACTION AT BOTH MY END AND YOURS.

THIS AMOUNT IS NOT FROM YOUR CONTRACT SUM OR HAVE ANY THING RELATED TO
YOUR CONTRACT SUM, RATHER IT IS A LEFT OVER FROM THE AMOUNT USED IN
PAYING LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND IT IS DIRECTLY UNDER MY CUSTODY. I AM
OFFERING YOU THIS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT YOUR CONTRACT FUND WILL NOT
BE RELEASED ON TIME UNTIL ALL THE ANOMALIES ARE RECTIFIED AND ALSO
BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR.

THE ONLY THINGS NEEDED FOR THIS US$20 MILLION TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO
YOU  LESS THAN 72 HOURS ARE AS FOLLOWS;
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
((2)YOUR DIRECT MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER.(3) YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT PAYMENT. THEREFORE THERE
WILL BE NO BUREAUCRACY OR MISFORTUNE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE
WILLING TO MAKE THIS DEAL WITH ME, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY
FURNISHING ME WITH YOUR NEW ACCOUNT. ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THIS
TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US JUST 72 HOURS TO ACCOMPLISH.

YOURS TRULY,
Dr (Mrs) VERONICA LEE
FOREIGN DEPT RECONCILIATION DEPT.

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