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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: "Mr. Michael Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.michaeljohnson4614@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:39:44 -0700
Subject: Compliment,

Compliment,
How are you doing? Hope you have not forgotten me, at your past efforts and attempt to assist me in transferring those funds, I made sure you are not left out the Benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you Sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($500,000.00) Draft.
I and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so feel free and get In touch With my secretary Mr. Michael Johnson and instruct him on how to send the Bank draft to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive the Draft so that we can Share the joy together after all the hard work at that time. In the Moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which I And my partner are handling, finally, remember that I had left Instruction to my secretary so as soon as you contact him, He will send the Draft to you, so feel free to get in touch with my Secretary Now and you can also give him a call to notify him you saw my message and willing to provide all requested information.
Below is the contact of my secretary:
Mr. Michael Johnson
E-mail: mr.michaeljohnson4614@yahoo.com
Best Regards,
Dr. Fernandez Campbell.

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