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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: "Tony Ken" <tonykenmmr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <tony_knmr@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:51:53 -0700
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED!

Attn: sir.
 
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and in conjunction with United State Government  has instructed the New Elected President Muhammadu Buhari  to release all unclaimed fund to the beneficiaries , in view of this,   I  discovered the sum of US$10.5Million  (Ten Million , Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in your name and I was instructed  by Federal Ministry of Finance   to  release  the fund  to you but I am having a little problem here, a woman from United State named  ( Mrs. Linda Kelly came to my office with an application letter stated that you gave her a power of attorney to claim the  fund on your behalf , she made me to believe that you are dead and that she is your next of kin  and instructed us to approve the release of the fund to her Bank Account detailed below:
 
Bank Name: Chase Bank
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv.
Palmdale Ca. 93550, USA
Acct #: 3573813158
Rout #: 322271627
Swift code #: CHASUS33
Beneficiary: LINDA KELLY.
 
But I decided to contact you first because when I gone through your transfer file, I found out that your fund is still intact and ready to release to you and for that I advise you to confirm the following details.
 
i)        Your full name ………………….
ii)        Your address ……………………...
iii)        Your personal mobile number……
iv)        Your occupation ……………………..
v)        Your age …………………………………
vi)        Your marital status ………………………..
vii)        Copy of your id ..........
 
I contacted you because I have made up my mind to help you and make sure that this fund  gets  you  without any delay. Note that the Federal Ministry of Finance has given me a deadline of 14 bank working days to return the fund to the federal treasury as unclaimed fund if I did not hear from you. And for that you must keep this transaction strictly confidential because of Mrs. Linda Kelly and her partners who wanted to claim your fund.
 
I look forward to receiving your prompt response via this e-mail:  (    tonykenmmr@yahoo.co.uk     )  for more details.
 
Regards.
 
Tony ken
 
 

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