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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: BradyNet <bradynet@bradynet.com>
Reply-To: jn_ma2@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 12:33:16 -0400
Subject: CAN WE WORK TOGETHER ??FROM JOHN

Greetings from your friend (jn_ma2@yahoo.com.mx) and
BradyNet (http://www.bradynet.com/)

Your friend forwarded the following article from our web site. Reponses
to this letter will be directed to that address.

You can see this article online at http://www.bradynet.com/group.html

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COMMENTS:
Dear Sir,


Accept my apology if my mail do not meet with your moral ethics .I got
your contact from the website.On my search for reliable soul.My name is John Malik 22 yrs, son of Mr. Sigistmund E Mailk late marketing
chair-man of Sierra Leone diamond marketing board, who was killed by the rebels.


I am in Ghana under refugee status, seeking your assistance to help me,retrieve my inheritance, that my late father allotted to me, the sum of US$25.5m for investment in your country.My father kept these funds for my inheritance when he was in power


I will like you also to advise me on how this can be smoothly executed legally for our both benrfits .


Upon your interest,REPLY TO >> jnm_rcv@yahoo.com.mx I will provide you with the legal documents covering the funds. We can dicuss on what I would offer you from the total value of the funds for your kind assistances,that you will render to me.


If my proposal interest you, reply asap so that we can sign an agreement of trust.


Best regards
John Malik
REPLY TO >> jnm_rcv@yahoo.com.mx

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