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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:56:26 -0700
Subject: I look forward to your reply


Hello, you are invited to visit online albums

From: Margaret Johnson <magjon1982@yahoo.com>

Message: Dear,

How are you and your daily activities including your family? Hope
everybody is fine. Though we've not met before but i got your contact
through my search on the internet to Assist me on this prospect, my name is
Ms.Margaret Johnson .I am a citizen of Sierra Leone,the Daugther of the
Minister of Mines and Energy who was killed during the Sierra Leone war by
the rebels. My father died and left behind physical cash of USD13Million
which he safely kept in a Security & Finance Company and was successful
transferred to a reputable bank in Europe during his regime in the office.

I want to invest this money in any profitable business of your choice in
your country. I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner because I've not been to Europe,U.S. or Asia before in my life. So I don't want to make any costly mistake that will make me lose my money.You will be entitled to 35% of the total sum for your assistance.

All I want is for you to receive the money in your account and send an
invitation letter for me to join you in your country for my investment.

Your urgent reply will enable me to arrange with the Bank as every documents
that relates to the success of deposit with the bank in Europe is intact,which i will send to you once you indicate you interest to assist me.
Therefore,Hence all necessary documents of deposit from the Bank
are with me. In your reply, please send your private telephone,fax numbers
and physical address as to enable me send it to Europe for an onward
process.Thanks for your co-operation.

My best Regards,
Ms Margaret Johnson.

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