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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: "Financial Fraud Action (USA)" <mrsusanbrown1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usa@financialfruadaction.org
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:58:00 +0100
Subject: Ref: $12.5 Million Recovered Payment in bits (SECOND NOTICE).

Attention!!.

I am Mr. Tom Dean. I am an Australian citizen working for the
Financial Fraud Action worldwide which has its head office in London
UK. Right at this moment, I and few of my colleagues have been posted
to USA for a 3 months Fund Reconciliation Assignment for some listed
foreign beneficiaries both from USA, Europe and Asia. These fund
beneficiaries had financial dealings of different kinds with some
government and
individuals in Africa between the year 2001 and this year 2016.

With your name and email address listed as one of the concerned
beneficiaries for a long withheld sum of $12,500,000.00 in West
Africa, I have decided to contact you. Having sent you an email
notification on Thursday 31st March, 2016 but received no reply, I
have decided again to notify you for the 2nd time.

If you are there alive and healthy, you need to respond for timely
reconciliation and immediate payment. All payments not verified and
reconciled within the first quarter of our assignment period will not
be honored afterwards.

NOTE:
We are on the mandate to initiate bit by bit payment by installments
ranging from $100,000 to $999,000 depending on the volume of the full
amount to be paid.

If you respond timely, and your payment verified and reconciled
timely, your payment can commence withing 48 hours.

Expecting your timely action.

Mr. Tom Dean
Team Head
Financial Fraud Action worldwide,
American Regional Assignment
Atalanta - GEORGIA 2016.

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