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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: "Mr.Merna Fenn" <dosar20225@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: dosar20232@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:32:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LET US DO BUSINESS? CALL ME


My Dear Partner,
 
I am contacting you as a matter of urgency in transfering a huge amount of
£15,000,000.00(Fifteen Million Great British Pound Sterlings) I am only
contacting you to seek for your indulgence and assistance. My name is Mr. Merna
Fenn ,I am the Executive
 
Auditor in my bank and as well the Personal account manager of Late Mr. John
Hughes, the director and owner of Accordis Oil Chemical Company from Australia,
who died in a plane crash without any registerd beneficiary. He deposited this
money many years ago in my bank and since his death know body has oprated on
this account neither any body knew about the account.
 
I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i
don't know any foreigner,i am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to any local bank here in Scotland,but can only
be approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterlings and
the
former owner of the account is John
Hughes and he was a foreigner too.I am contacting you because of the need to
involve a foreigner with a foreign account as the  real beneficiary. What i
needed from you is to provide me with an empty bank account of yours where the
fund will be transfered.
 
At the conclusion of this business,you will be given 35% of the total amount of
the money for your indulgence and assistance,while 65% will be for me. And i
want you to understand that this transaction is highly legal and hitch free
since i will procure all the legal documents from the Court to back this fund.I
need a strong assurance from you that you will not let me down in this business
once the money is transferred into your account.And
 
i can only work with you if you can keep this transaction secret and
confidential on your side.Hope to meet you in your Country as soon as the fund
is transfered into your account for the withdrawing and sharing of the fund and
other investment,cause i would like to invest my own share in your Country and
would like joint investment. What kind of investment is more profitable in your
Country? Call me through my mobile tel +44 70457 89149.

Yours truly,
Mr. Merna Fenn .
Mobile Tel: +44 70457 89149
 
 
 
 


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