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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: Ambros Annas <davehester399@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ambrusannas@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:42:29 +0000
Subject: Re: Escrow Call Account

Dear friend,

My name is Mr. Ambros Annas, i am a retired banker. I worked last with an
Investment Bank for some years before i retired. I write you this letter in
good faith and hope you will be able to assist me to recover the sum of
Seven Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars:
(7,520,000.00).

I realized this fund from bank excess profit after trading with the capital
sum and i deposited this above amount in an Escrow Call Account where
nobody will have access to it; even the bank cannot access the money
because i did not declare it before my retirement. i am contacting you, to
stand as the beneficiary of this fund because only a foreigner can stand as
the beneficiary and receive it. Can i trust you to hold this money for me
until i come over to your country after the transfer, i will give you 30%
of the money as your commission / compensation.

If you accept my offer, all i need is for you to stand as the beneficiary
of the said amount, get a good current account where this fund can be
transferred in to and the funds will be transferred to your designated
bank account within seven (7) days but if you do not accept this offer
kindly forget that I contacted you.

There is practically no risks involved; it will be a bank-to-bank transfer.
i hope you understand my situation because i am currently critically ill
that is why i contacted you to finalize this transaction to enable me have
a very good treatment.

I wait your urgent reply

My regards,

Ambros Annas

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