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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. John A. Boucher" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jaboucher5@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:04:05 +0800
Subject: Attention: Partnership with Mr. John

Good Day Sir,
Compliment of the day to you. Please accept my apologies for intercepting your privacy.
Briefly, my name is Mr. John Boucher. I reside in Arizona, USA.
My motive of contacting you is based on a financial assistant at you end; in return of Ten percent profit back to you, as compensation after the success retrieval of my invested funds, in Fidelity.
 
Further explanation:
Three (3) couple of years back I have my retirement funds invested in Fidelity on a 7 years contract agreeable within the fidelity investors Presently, I am going through a financial crisis, and the banks are after me, for the refunds of Loans etc.
 
Be informed that a huge amount of funds is involved and this is not a bunch of trash…
Please! Do not see this as a JUNK message. It might not get into your inbox; as a result of we are not having each other on our contact list. I am a real person with all prove and Original paper works of my investment.
 
Feel free to contact me for more details on this matter only if you are capable and willing to help me resolve and free me from my bondage.
 
Steps to achieve this project:
 
Fidelity needs a good reason for terminate my contract with them and transfer all my funds. In this case, I have a plan. I would want to go into partnership with anybody who has a private business/ company or could probably provide a reliable source. Afterworlds, I will inform fidelity a have a business venture with you so we need all the funds to invest on our private business. Real Estate, Agriculture, Production, or any business you know cost a lot of Funds to invest.
 
If you are in the States, I would appreciate we meet in person for a meeting. But if you are not in the United States, we have to reach to an agreement and have the funds transferred to your account for more assurance or have you come over to the States before the Effect of the transfer.
 
To enable your verifications and clarifications; Fidelity is Global; you can check my status in any part of the world.
 
Your Truly,
Mr. John Boucher
E-mail: jaboucher5@aol.com

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