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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.GORDON ANGUS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrgordonangus@y7mail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:07:55 -0700
Subject: Greetings From Mr Gordon Angus...?

Hello,

This letter might come as a surprise to you especially since we have never met or had a discussion before, basically this message might sound strange but it is factual in reality if only you care to know, The truth is that I should have notified you through a more confidential means, (even in the least to respect your integrity) please accept my humble apologies if I have caught you unaware, I frankly do not mean any harm in passing my message. I am a Project Manager with the United Nation Development Program Asia pacific (UNDP) I am also the concerned principal with contract appraisal and the approval of contracts in order of priority in regards with capital projects of the (UNDP) here in the Asia pacific. With my position as the principal director of operations, I have successfully secured the sum of Twenty eight million five hundred thousand dollars (US$28.5M) the amount was accumulated from over invoices. To this effect I decided to contact you and ask for your assistan!
ce, to enable us work together and


I am willing to compensate you with 25% of the total amount upon a successful conclusion to this transaction. Finally the confidence and trusted repose on you cannot be over emphasized; therefore you are to keep this deal to yourself completely confidentially. Your reputation will be highly protected in this transaction. I shall be pleased to have a personal phone number where I can personally contact you, while looking forward to a successful business relationship with you.



You can kindly give contact me on this number +601126632892. It will be a great pleasure to have you contact me so that I can give you a verbal update regarding this proposal.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.GORDON ANGUS

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