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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: "Barrister mark" <barrister_mark@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 10:32:24 +0000
Subject: Do nto be afriad, lets work together

My good friend,

i know your condition as you have already told me and incase of any Amount
the Attorney Charges you,
plesae try and tell me so that we can raise it together ok, i know the
Attorney very well and he is my Old school mate when i was in secondary
school ok, so go ahead now and contact him and tell him to prepare the two
legal documents for you immeditly ok, so that we can put heads together and
make sure that we receive this huge sume of money ok,
there is no problem, the attorney is a nice person and he will help us and
get the Legal Papers that we needed ok, so go ahead now and tell me how much
he charges you ok, do not be afriad since you are the beneficiary of the
money ok.

I will do my best and you and your brother should put heads togther and make
sure that you meet up the Attorney Demands ok,
you told me before that you dont have an Account but now you are elling me
that you have an Account,
plesae what i needed from you is nothing but the truth ok, anything the
Attorney or Bank tell you plesae endavour to tell me ok, i dont want us to
wast time in this transaction.
I will be of an Assistance to you anytime and you and your brother should
team together and look for the money and i will try and do my own part ok,
do not expect only me to do that and i will no expect only you to do that
also.

Get back to me as soon as you hear from the Attroney or Bank, this
transaction will Change our lifes in Future and we will be rich ok,
i am waiting for you now.

Mark

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