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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. Edmond Johnson"<bettyscott67@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:51:20 +0900
Subject: Re: Hello

My Dear Friend,

I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a
Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an
international business man. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that
it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name:Mrs. Betty Scoot
Email: bettyscott67@yahoo.com.hk

Ask her to send you the total $850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US
Dollars) that I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts
to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mrs. Betty Scoot and instruct
her where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately if you
receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which my
new partner and I are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs. Betty Scoot
and she will send the amount to you without any delay.
Hope to hear good news from you.

Kind Regards.
Barrister Edmond Johnson.


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