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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: "Hon.Micheal Alfred" <michealalfred11@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:32:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Reply



Hello,
 
I fully understand that you receive emails like these daily, but please mine isnot a joke or a scam. I know very well about scam people play, because am abanker, I see things every day
 
Am Hon.Micheal Alfred, I work with a bank here in Togo as a branch manager, thelast time in 2007 the late Kaddafi visited Togo with his aids for the (AU)meeting then, three of his security men came to open a secret dollars accountwith my branch, and I was the person who attended to both of them. What wasdeposited inside the both accounts then was huge $4 million dollars each.
 
when the account was opened I took all the opening forms to meet them at theirguest house, because they do not want to use their real names to open the bankaccount even the pictures was not their real pictures. All arrangements weredone properly for them because I was the branch manager.
 
Why am writing these proposal to you is because I want to leave the bank workand do something else on my own very soon. so I need to act fast and change bothaccounts details, to your own name, which will allow you to have full access ofthe account from anywhere in the world, and make transfer from my bank branchto your own account anywhere you want it. Even the account ATM card will besent to you and with the ATM card, you can redraw from any machine anywhere youare. but the condition is myself and yourself will share the funds equallyafter we must have moved out all the funds in both accounts to a privateaccount chosen by you.
 
You do not need to be afraid am the branch manager, I will do my home workwell, am the only person the bank can confirm from if they ask to find outanything about the account. I did some investigations about the two aids of thelate Kaddafi, and found out that both of them died during the war in Libya. Soit is my chance to act fast and do the business with you, because nobody cancome for the claim of the funds if I resign, am the only person to testify andpresent the real owners.
 
 
I will do all the paper work in your name and even change the signaturedocuments to be same with yours. i will want to see a reply from you, showingyour interest and a promise that you will not fail or disappoint me when all isset. I don’t need to explain to you that these matter should be kept as a topsecret, nobody should see these email apart from you please.
 
Waiting for your reply with your direct numbers. Then I will tell you the nextaction we should take because in 5 banking days we will smile, that is if youcomply. Please reply to my private box at s.investment@blumail.org for securityreasons.
 
Best Regard
Hon.Micheal Alfred
Direct Line:+22891045806
Email:s.investment@blumail.org 










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