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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: "Tesco Bank Of Egypt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <assem.abdelfatttah.tescoinfo@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 03:46:35 -0400
Subject: Treat with dispatch

From Assem Mohamed Abdelfattah
TESCO BANK OF EGYPT

My name is Assem Mohamed Abdelfattah (Mr.); I work with TESCO BANK as the Auditor supervising Frederick M Wong Foundation, On May 19th, 1997, Frederick M Wong announced his plans to give $21million USD (Twenty one Million United States Dollars) to set up the Frederick M Wong Foundation, an educational foundation in the Middle East, one of the largest charitable donations in history. Frederick Wong stated the money is meant to bridge the knowledge gap between the USA & Asians and Europe region and the developed world, improving the standard of education and research in the region, developing leadership programs for youth, and stimulating job creation. The announcement was made at the 1997 World Economic Forum in United Kingdom. but he passed away and could not accomplish his project. Until this very moment the money has been deposited with my bank Tesco Bank of Egypt and and You can confirm the genuineness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site below

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

For years it has been watched and no one has come to claim it; I do not know if this transaction suits your personal or business ethics but I do want you to understand that this transaction is free from any irregularities. Why I am doing this I don’t want the Egyptian government to take over this fund due to the economic problem going on in Egypt. I will be obtaining all relevant documents from the remittance department and have it changed to your name before presenting you as the next of Kin automatically if you wish to receive this fund. As soon as the fund is transferred to your account, I will put away all documents to cover any trace of the fund. This money can be shared between us in the ration 40% for me and 35% you and 25% for less privileged children charity home. As a banker, I wish to keep you informed you will set up an account in your name with Tesco bank and I will deposited fund into your account to enable you to complete the transfer online to your country;

Kindly provide me with the details below;

First Name.............

Middle Name.........

Surname................

Address1...............

City........................

State/Province.......

Post/Zip..................

Country..................

Telephone No........

Fax No. .................

E-mail Address......

Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)
Copy of International Passport or Id

I hope to hear from you soon as you will never regret working with me.

Thank you

TESCO BANK OF EGYPT ®
Head of Central Operations
Mr. Assem Mohamed Abdelfatttah
Email: assem.abdelfatttah.tescoinfo@yandex.com

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