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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: "FIL Executive Manager" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adamktas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:02:31 -0700
Subject: Re:Thanks For Your Patronage

Attention: Beneficiary,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I am Adam Kutas, I work with Fidelity Worldwide Investment (FIL), i wish to place your name as the beneficiary to Fifteen Million and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars only due to the death of the investor who died years ago along with her family and all efforts to reach his relatives were proved futile.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
However, i assure you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law once the fund is transferred to your bank account.The funds I am referring to is right here in Fidelity Worldwide Investment reserve floating in suspense account. Therefore i solicit for your partnership to be in collaboration with me to have this done, it will be transferred into an account you will provide anywhere in the world. I will need you to provide the cooperation following information urgently to enable a trusted attorney start the processing of all the relevant legal documents for the fund remittance. To clear your doubts, you can find my profile online .
 
 
 
 
 
 
1) Name:
2) Address:
3) Tel:
4) Age:
5) Sex:
6) Occupation Status:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Waiting for your reply soon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yours Faithfully,
 
Adam Kutas
 
Executive Fund Manager

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