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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: John Barrister <jbarrister19@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:28:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ATTENTION PLS


256 edmonton avenue,
Edmonton London.
United Kingdom.
n12 0pq.
Greetings,

I got your contact as a trustworthy and reliable person. Please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today through this email. I am johnpaul, a Solicitor at law and the accredited legal representative to late Mr. Mike Hall, a British citizen who was residing in Johor Malaysia with his
wife Carol. Herein referred to as my client, he died in the tsunami disaster on 26th December 2004. For more information view BBC internet website
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4145219.stm>
I desperately need your assistance to secure and move some huge amount of money left behind by my late client to the tune of $9,500,000.00 (Nine Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars). I will pay you 35% of the total sum for your co-operation in this matter. I will give you more details on your positive response, also include in your reply your mobile telephone number so that we can discuss in details. I can be reached urgently through my personal e-mail barrister.johnpaul@yahoo.com.au
Yours faithfully
Barr johnpaul


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