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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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Fraud email example:

From: <merve.eren@yakacikvalf.com.tr>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 00:52:14 +0100
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal

Excuse my intruding,

I am Donald Ness, one of the portfolio funds managers of The Scottish
Investment Trust Plc. One of the UK`s largest oldest independent self
managed funds management company with over £45billion Capital
Investment Funds.

Nevertheless, as Scottish Investment Funds Manager, I handle all our
Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.3% Excess
Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the
Investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over
£12million from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to
trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Annual
Investment Proceeds from Scottish Magellan Capital Funds. All
confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to
you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby
the funds can be claimed in any of our Clearing Houses without any
hitches. Our sharing ratio should be 60-40,I think this is fair.

If you are interested, Please email me your direct telephone number for
discussion of this transaction in further detail or send me an email on
this email ( d.donaldness4@yahoo.com ) for urgent response.

Sincerely,
Mr. Donald Ness

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