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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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Fraud email example:

From: anthony peters <sundayonwukwe35@gmail.com>
Reply-To: peters001tg@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:01:47 +0100
Subject: Attenrtion

Hello Sir,

My humble plea for a deal with you, there is this current Minister of
Construction and Housing in Iraq, Mr Mohamad Saheb Al Daraji...he has
moved some funds into Dubai last year December 2012 about $20m in a 2
Sealed Cash Consignment through the Security Firm i work for which is
owned by the Emirates Group, the Owners of Emirates Airline here in
Dubai, the firm is called (Transguard Group Security TGS) EMIRATES
GROUP SECURITY www.transguardgroup.com We helped him move the
Concealed Cash Consignments from Iraq to Dubai through our Cargo
Freight arrangements and funds have been in the TGS Security Vault
here in a 1 year Cash Storage Facility CSF-Contract been part of our
licensed Cash Management Services.


I have been In-charge of this CSF-Contract as the Chief Head of Cash
Storage Facility CSF and I have decided to Relinquish my job with TGS
based on the grounds that the fund owner, Mr Mohamad Daraji has
confided in me and asked me to look for someone i trust who can help
me move the cash he has kept with us outside Dubai and help him put
the funds in some kind of portfolio that will yield a good ROI, He has
also granted me 10% of the total amount and another 10% to whoever i
have consulted to work with me in this matter while we shall then
invest the remaining 80% into a reliable portfolio but his name will
be kept secret in this whole this as you know, he is currently a
government minister in Iraq and so would not want anything that will
expose his identity hence he is entrusting this deal in my hands.

So I need a foreign partner who I can work with to achieve this as I
have to Front/Portray you as the authorized recipient of the
consignment, this has been my job descriptions for the past 8 years
working with TGS so i know all the nooks and crannies to handle this
100% without any complications and we have an independent highly
placed Legal Consultant here who handles paper works for all the High
Net-worth individuals we handle their Cash Management Services with
discrete bank deposits and remittances.

so feel free to work with me on this as I solicit your confidential
partnering on this deal. Upon your response I shall intimate you on
the procedure but your acceptance is paramount to me.

Regards Anthony Peters
(Chief Head, Cash Storage Facility CSF)
TRANSGUARD GROUP
www.transguardgroup.com

peters001tg@gmail.com

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