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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: Mr Roytrony<leslienkim40@gmail.com>
Reply-To: roy@feedbackunitroy.info
Date: 24 Oct 2023 05:20:33 -0700
Subject:


ATTN : CEO.
Compliment of the season.

                   I am the Deputy Director of finance, foreign

payment approval dept. Philipines . My office oversees all

developmental projects financed by Asian Development Bank.


 With reference to an introduction and recommendation of you by a

friend who works in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Manila

, I do hereby; Wish to commence talk with you on a highly

confidential level. After due consultations with my colleagues, We

have decided to contact you in order to arrange for a possible

transfer of the sum of Five million three hundred thousand dollars

(US$5.300.000.00) into your account. This money is a subject of an

over inflated {over - invoiced}sum acquired from contracts awarded by

my Agency in the past years.


 The original contractors have been paid and all projects executed by

them commissioned. This over inflated amount cannot be withdraw

locally from the  paying Bank because the contractors concerned are

foreign Firms. As a matter of trust, honesty and secrecy, we have

decided to contact you as to assist us provide an account for this transaction if you have

accepted to assist and fully participate in this transaction,

        The terms of sharing the money after a successful transfer

will be discussed as you indicate your interest in assisting to transfer

this money. Immediately all these information gets to us, we will then

present every document to the paying bank. Be rest assured with our

connections, everything will be through within a short time. After

many years of meticulous services to the government and people of our sub region we would not want our image to

be dented. Therefore we expect you to handle this transaction with utmost maturity by keeping everything secret. I can assure you that if

our instructions are carefully adhered to, there will not be any hitch

Throughout the transaction, there is  no risk on your side, because we

have perfected the  deal very well over years.


After the transfer, we will be coming over to your country for further

sharing and possible investments.

I'm waiting to hear from you urgently through your respond here
roy@feedbackunitroy.info


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