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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: "EU Anti-Fraud Org." <email.data10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: eumail1015@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 07:17:23 +0100
Subject: (USD 10.5 Million) - Recovered Fund!

>From Alexander Pepel
The Team Head,
European Union Anti-Fraud Task Force,
For African Region 2015.


Dear,

My name is Alexander Pepel. I'm the HEAD of the the Team, currently sent to
Africa for Investigations of some listed embattled funds which are
hitherto, being withheld by several African governments.

We the entire delegates of the above organization flew into West Africa
recently because of numerous complaints filed against these governments on
their inability to pay foreign beneficiaries of inheritance, contract and
compensatory funds into their respective banks account even after they
must have collected all required transfer fees from them.

This is the reason we were mandated by the European Union Anti-Fraud Task
organization to rectify these problems by making sure foreign
beneficiaries receive their long over due funds without making further
upfront payments.

>From the time we came into Nigeria (West Africa), we have been able to
repatriate some funds that were wrongly/fraudulently diverted into
different banks account abroad by these bad eggs in the West African banks
and government ministries.

Furthermore, I'm so surprised that you have not received your payment till
this moment based on what I saw in your file, you have complied and
fulfilled all statutory obligations proving your legitimacy as the
beneficiary of this fund.

We signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian govt to pay off
all certified foreign beneficiaries from these recovered fund, and will be
reimbursed at a later agreed date.

Finally, if you are still alive, you are immediately required to respond to
this mail, so that we establish proof of your identity that you are the
rightful beneficiary of this long withheld sum of $10.5 Million (USD), and
get it wired to your bank account without delay.

Regards
Alexander Pepel
The Team Head, European Union Anti-Fraud Task Force,
for African Region 2015.

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