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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: "John Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnmark.dexi@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 05:23:18 +0100
Subject: (IHERITANCE PAYMENT

John Mark and Solicitors
Second Floor 47 Fleet Street
UNITED KINGDOM.
Office line: +44-702 403 9842

Notification of Bequest

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the Estate of Late Luciano Pavarotti, I hereby attempt to reach you again .I wish to notify you that Late Luciano Pavarotti made you a beneficiary to his will. He left the sum of ten Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars. ($10,500,000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament to his will. This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.Late Luciano Pavarotti until his death was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time.

Through his appearances Pavarotti hoped to reach people who rarely or never experienced opera. He also raised money for charity, especially for the benefit of children in war zones, through annual concerts entitled “Pavarotti & Friends” in which internationally famous rock and pop music stars joined him. In the early 2000s these concerts benefited the United Nations agency for refugees, UNHCR (see Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).

Late Luciano Pavarotti died at the age of 71 years. According to him this money is to support your activities and to help the poor and the needy your country mostly in wary countries.

Please you should fill the information below for more clearities and identification of your information we have here.

1. Full Name:
2. Telephone number,
3. Age:
4. Contact address:
5. Occupation:

John Mark(Esq.)
Tel. +44-702 403 9842

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