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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: "mark goddyson" <markgoddy14@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:14:58 +0100
Subject: urgent respond

Dear Friend.
My name is Mark Goddyson, I am the credit manager of a Finance Bank here in UK.
 I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from
 a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
 make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything
 has been taken care off, and all will be well if you are really honest with me.
 I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
 PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Joyce Lake and her  husband Ronald
 Lake  who died in an air crash along with his wife on the  January 31  in an
 Alaska airline Flight 261 with other passengers on board.
 Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for  this
 mon! ey as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself  and his
 wife (May their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his
 account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the  deceased as
 indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your
 permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as  all
 documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds
 (US$12,600,000,00) to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of
 kin Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank
 treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the
 bank.
so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
 next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to
 share this money amongst themselves at the! end of the  year.
It may interest you to know that we have se cured from the probate an  order of
 mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name?.In order for me to prepare the document for  transfer of
 the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual
trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with five million five hundred thousand dollars
($5,500,000,00) on final conclusion of this project for your  assistance, while
 the balance $7,100,000 dollars shall be for me for investment purposes. Because
 I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal
 is acceptable by you, please  endeavor  to contact me immediately. Do not take
 undue advantage of the trust I  have bestowe! d in you, I await your urgent
 response through my private email address: markgoddy@walla.com
Regards and God bless you!
Mr. Mark Goddyson

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