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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: "Clara" <mrsclara2@live.com>
Reply-To: mrsclara1@live.com
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:12:18 +0000
Subject: Bisakah aku percaya padamu?

Hi……………Bagaimana kabar anda di ramadhan ini? Saya harap anda dapat

menghabiskan liburan dan tahun bari ini dengan bahagia. My Name is

Clara Christine 31th saya keturunan mix blood,Indonesia dengan

British,saya sudah pernah stay in Indonesia pada tahun 1991 tapi

hanya 2th, I’m banker in one of the UK’s largest bank and in the

world, saya sudah berpengalaman dan bekerja lama dikantor ini

,sebagai Systems Engineer Administrator,saya yang mengontrol semua

software yang bank pergunakan dalam local dan diseluruh dunia.

Anyway maksud saya menulis artikel ini untuk anda adalah untuk

mencari beberapa assistance yand saya butuhkan dari anda.Saya

mempunyai software yang bisa untuk mengambil 100USD dari setiap

rekening yang ada di bank kita dan memindahkan‘nya, So far the

record of account that we have worldwide is over 45 million accounts

holders has an account with our bank. Artinya software ini bisa

membantu kita momotong atau memindahkan sebesar
100USD dari setiap rekening dan bank kita memiliki 45million

accounts. Saya telah mengatur semua pada liburan kemarin. For

example if there is 45million account holders in our banks worldwide

that means that I will have about 45 MillionUSD in that particular

account itu tanpa ada seseorangpun yang mengetahui kalau ada

potongan atau perpindahan pada rekening mereka. Pada saat penerimaan

uang ini,kita akan membagi (60/40) 60%itu bagian saya dan 40% itu

bagian anda.Business ini will be 101% Risk-Free because the account

I will using in deducting the money will be terminated, so there

would be no trace of what so ever……and more over nobody will notice

that 100USD has been deducted from their account……. If you have any

questions about it, you can email me and I'll answer. I selected you

because of my belief in honesty and integrity. I will appreciate

your trust and honesty. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Pada saat ini saya akan
menyembunyikan dahulu identitas saya untuk keamanan diri saya

sampai pada saya merasa yakin dan percaya kepada anda,dan kita sudah

melakukan kesepakatan sebelum saya memberi data pribadi saya dan

informasi or contact saya.in this number

+447031960770........................... Selamat ramadhan dan

success selalu tuk anda










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