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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: Laura Dominic <mykeanthony12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <lourad320@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:46:14 -0500
Subject: Seeking for Honesty &Trust ....

Hello,

sir,

I'm Laura Dominic a Business Management Consultant, based in London. The aim of this proposal is to seek your assistant for a business relationship, on behalf of my client, highly placed government official from Comoros Island, my client contacted my office in confident to seek for a business minded, trust and God fearing person, as his business associates, in whose name and address contact will be used to ship the fund out from the Clearing/Finance Company in London, to any agreed place provided a very safe and secured country.

Furtherance to the development on this transaction, all the necessary legal documents that will be obtain in regards to this transaction from the Royal High Court of Justice here in London, will be in your name as the beneficiary to the (fund) consignment, all arrangement to deliver this fund has been perfected and is 100% risk free, as the security company official will accompany the consignment to your country /house to avoid doubt.

Therefore, the following conditions will be highly observed:

(1) My Consultancy Fess is 15% of the total amount of $45.5 Millions Us Dollars.

(2) Your Percentage is 25%, but 10% will be giving to you in cash while the rest 15% will be added to the money mapped out for business investment in your country which you will be the director.

(3) My client will send a POWER OF ATTORNEY, to you, which you will forward to the security company as an AUTHORITY LETTER, to enable security company to assume you as the business associate of my client and also release the fund to you.

(4) All Expense In cured at your end as a result of this transaction will be paid back upon completion of the transaction.

Meanwhile, upon the arrival and the clearance of the consignment in your country, my clients will send his representative to your country to witness the delivery of the consignment to you by the security company officials, or by wire bank wire transfer and complete the disbursement of the funds to all parties involved on this transaction, and deposit the balance in any secure bank in your country. Your full contact details will be needed for the documentations and procurement of the legal documents with a scan copy of your identification passport.

We seek your total honesty, trust and above all this transaction must be treated with utmost confidentiality and fear of God.

I wait to your prompt response.

Thanks

Laura Dominic
Financial Broker/Consultant
Fax no +442079908635
Email: lourad320@gmail.com

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