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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: Markin Bianu <markinb1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: markinbia2000@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 01:59:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello Greatings From Markin




>From Markin Bianu
Abidjan Republic=20
Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa

Dear,
I am Master Markin Bianu=A0(19 years old) the only Son of late Mr and Mrs=
=A0=A0Issa Bianu citizen of Sierra Leone living in Cote D'ivoire.
=A0
I want to come and invest in your country with a sum of (USD $7.5 M U.S DOL=
LARS) which my father deposited=A0 in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire. he made=
this money from the sales of Gold,But he is dead now,Am looking for a fore=
ign partner who will help me transfer this money out of republic of Cote Di=
voire to your country since there is still war in sierra leone=A0 and inves=
t it for me in real estate or any other profitable venture, my purpose of c=
ontacting you is for you to help me transfer this money to your country for=
this purpose ,i promise you total honesty and i will furnish you with all =
veritable proof.
=A0
I'm now staying here in republic of Cote Divoire please i need your urgent =
help,Tell me how much percentage you will take in the=A0 total money of the=
$7.5 M Dollars to help me in transfering this money to your country.All tr=
ansaction shall be legally signed before we do anything so that you know wh=
at you are getting into and what percentage to expect for your asistance,

l hope you will not betray the trust i will have on you because this money =
is only hope in this life and moreover you will also help me to come over t=
o your country where i will settle down for my=A0 life and continue my educ=
ation.
=A0
I am waiting to hear from you,
Markin Bianu=0A=0A=0A

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