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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: "EU Anti-Fraud Org." <mrsusanbrown1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: eumail1015@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:49:27 +0100
Subject: REF: $12.5 Million:- Your Funds recovered!

Your kind attention once again,

We just received a memo from the Debt Management Office (DMO) in Nigeria
stating your refusal to comply with your statutory obligation which is only
pre-requisite for releasing your long withheld sum of $12.5 Million even
after our intervention and guidance.

May we know exactly why you have sternly refused to comply with their
instructions by fulfilling your statutory obligation even after being 100%
assured that we are are here to guide and protect your interest.

with all due respect to your esteemed age and personality, I humbly write
to inform you that you have a wrong conception of this whole payment
exercise. We, the Anti-fraud International is only a counter-party to this
payment whose duty is to investigate and your claim and ensure that you
received your fund without further hitches. The fund in question comes from
the Nigeria government - the Federal Government of Nigeria who is
hereinafter represented by the Debt Management Office.

In our official communication with the Debt Management Office, they are
willing to issue you an IRREVOCABLE GUARANTEE to this effect. This will
assure you and your bank that upon your fulfillment of your statutory
obligation, there will be nothing to withhold your fund anymore.

The earlier you understand this unchangeable fact, the faster you receive
your long withheld fund. There is nothing more to be requested from you. Be
well assured.

The best thing you can do to yourself in this case is to contact the
officer - in - charge at the Debt management Office immediately and follow
proper instructions, I assure you, within a twinkle of an eye, your long
withheld fund is in your hands. Many have already received their funds.
Some even after 15 years of failure.

Have I sent you the contact directive of the officer - in - charge at the
DMO? if yes, go ahead and contact them stating your Payment Reference
Number as: LB99015AAX. But if no, please kindly and urgently indicate so
that I send you the contact details of the officer at Debt Management
Office ((DMO).

The earlier you do this, the faster your transfer in Guaranteed.

Be guided accordingly.

Fabret Guerrin
(Australian Citizen)
Working for: the Anti-Fraud International.
Presently in: West Africa
For: 2015 Fund Settlement Assignment.

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