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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: mmmmm mmmm <rrsss40@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 08:21:38 +0100
Subject: In Need Of Your Cooperation.

>From the Desk of: Mr.Paul Nkono,
Head Of Mission(Africa)
World Bank Technical Assistance Program.

Dear,


I am Mr.Paul Nkono,a chartered auditor with world bank group.At the
moment,I am leader of a group of auditors drafted to Africa and
Caribbean regions on technical assistance program to help audit public
account books of various government most of which are faced with
failed system due to years of corruption.

In course of performing our duties in various countries especially
Nigeria,we inevitably discovered quite a number of free funds running
into several hundreds of millions of United States Dollars,apparently
tied to fictitious companies by corrupt government officials for their
personal interest.

Efforts made my team to get the supposed beneficiaries come forward to
offer clarifications necessary to reclaim such intercepted funds
yielded no positive result as none of them ever honored our several
invitations to them understandably due to their status as public
officers.

Out of desire to help myself financially,I have successfully
reprocessed a fraction of the accumulated interest of the seized
principal sum to the tune of U.S$5.6million with the intention of
sending it to you in cash through a diplomatic channel under a special
arrangement already perfected for our mutual benefits on equal basis.

The said amount of money have already been safely bonded in a tamper
proof metal box and tagged diplomat luggage with all the relevant back
up documentations safely tucked in.I have every arrangement in place
to make this happen in a timely manner hence you are assured of 101%
hitch/risk free transaction.

I only require you to give me your consent via revert email,by way of
indicating (1}your full name (2)your physical address where the Crete
bearing the funds is to be delivered to you by a diplomat and(3) your
contact telephone/fax numbers for easier/quicker exchange of
information between us.I anxiously awaits your favorable reply.

Regards,

Mr.Paul Nkono

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