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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: "Dr. Mohammed A. Musa" <deskofficiall@sify.com>
Reply-To: info.musadepartm01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:31:56 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: pending transfer .


Dear Beneficary ,



The Afro-Euro Stock Funds Commission (A.S.F.C.) was setup by the 
African Union in conjunction with the European Union, The United States
Government and the World Bank for the sole purpose of resolveing pending
transfer .



I am sorry I have not email you , this is due to we lost everything in
the process of reformat our computer but fortunately my secretary found
your email address for me, In the light of  this , we have learned that
an unauthorized account has been opened to receive your payment. So far
these criminals have stolen approximately five hundred thousand from
your entilatemt funds .



I need you to mail  City  National Bank on this email: 
info.musadepartm01@gmail.com  by presenting your telephone and currant
contact address to enable then send you a password which you will
Present to the teller in any bank around you, and state that you have a
transfer awaiting you from  City  National Bank .  You will receive the
funds in $US30 bills immediately a total sum of  Two Hundred Thousand
dollars. It is mandatory that you will send the fee via western union or
Money gram only to Provide the tax with the below information



Senders Name-----

Recivers name---- Kelvin O. Omokwe

Destination country --- Benin Republic

City and state -- Cotonou

Zip code --- +229

Question----What Color?

Answer---Blue

Amount---------$30

 MTCN--------



If you do not take action immediately within the next couple of days, I
will assume that you no longer interest to receive your funds and we
shall repatriate your funds for confiscation without further recourse to
you.



My regards ,

Dr. Mohammed A. Musa

International Clearing House West Africa- BENIN

Affiliate to the World Association of Debt Management.

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