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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: "Francesco Sarino" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <f.sarino.home@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:33:39 -0800
Subject: Kindly assist in making this transaction a success

Dear Sir,

As a senior staff of Emirates Oil National Company that handle contract related matters,I over invoiced a contract which is not known by anybody and, I need your full co-operation and partnership to re-profile funds amounting to $62.5M (Sixty Two Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) to your name as the contractor that executed this contract in Dubai.

The fund will be paid to you through a Finance Company where it is presently deposited as soon as the filing and documentation process is concluded in your name if you accept to assist in making this transaction a success.

Most importantly, you will be required to:

(1). Stand as the beneficiary / contractor to receive the funds as I will provide all the legal documents backing this transaction.
(2). Receive the funds into a business/personal bank account in your country.
(3). At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 70% for me, 30% for you and you will supervise the investment that will be done with the fund.

Do furnish me with the below information if you are interested:

(4) Full Names;
(5) Contact Address:
(6) Direct Telephone No:
(7) Occupation:
(8) Age and Marital Status:
(9) Means of Identification:

Best Regards.
Francesco Sarino.

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