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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: Anthony Melikam <anthonymelikam@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:28:45 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT.

Dear beneficiary,

You have been so reluctant about this
whole process, I have assured
you that i will make sure you get
your
fund totally
USD1,164,678,364.55 (ONE BILLION ONE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR MILLION
SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT
THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR
U.S DOLLARS FIFTY FIVE CENT) ONLY
FROM
(CIBC) First Caribbean Bank
Grand Cayman Island, thats why am
still
concerned about this. You have
to try and follow up the final fee
process so that your fund can get
to you.
I have told you so many times to
disregard all emails from others
sources. Your fund is real, I have
been
mandated to deliver the fund
to you, you have to stop every
communication with anybody claiming
to
know about the fund. We have so much
impostors and scammers over the
internet.

I am Mrs. Susanna Moorehead and i
have
been mandated to get this
transaction completed with you, I
know
you might have been scammed so
many times, But i like to notify you
that this transaction is real,
But the online scammers and imposters
have vowed to make you loose
everything before this fund finally
gets to you. Well i am here to
make this easy for you. If this fund
does not exist i will not still
be communicating and emailing you on
this transaction. There is no
risk here. Let this be your last
trial
on the internet. If i fail you
do not believe any man on earth.
As soon as you pay the final fee,
Within the duration of 48 hours we
will release the first batch of your
fund totally $16 million dollars
before we proceed with the rest of
your
fund with the bank (CIBC)
First Caribbean Bank, Grand Cayman
Island your total fund with CIBC
Bank is USD1,164,678,364.55 (ONE
BILLION ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR
MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
FOUR U.S DOLLARS FIFTY FIVE CENT)
ONLY.
So that way it can be easy for
you to track down the recipient if
anything goes wrong, Although there
will be no need for that because
nothing is gonna go wrong. I can also
give you detail of individuals i have
helped in the past to get their
fund transferred.

As soon as you make this final
payment
required, Your fund will get to
you in 48 hours. But if you refuse to
pay this fee
as the bank is about to cancel the
transaction, I will have no other
option than to transfer the fund to
Marco Kunkel. Since he has your
personal information, And he is also
ready to pay the bank fee. This
will be my last mail to you. I have
tried to update you on this
transaction. But it seems i am
wasting
my time.

I am waiting for your urgent response

Thanks
Mrs. Susanna Moorehead
Tel: + 1 6188616100

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