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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 SMITH <jsmith20914@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: johnsmith@mediaport.ua
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 02:34:36 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dearest,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God
for you to help me, God Almighty will bless and reward you Abundantly and you
would never re great this.But please be rest assured is with good faith and
intentions from a friend in dare need of your assistance to help us transfer the
inheritance sum of US$30,000,000 (Thirty Million U.S Dollars) into your account
or company's account, in which God will bless you for rendering a helping hand
to others.

My name is Mr.John Smith, and I work with Metropolitan and Allied Bank in Ghana
and I am writing in respect of Mr William Barnes, who died in a plane crash 31
October 1999[With Egyptian airline 990] with other passengers aboard.


Since the demise of this our customer, I personally have been watching with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive no one has come to
claim his funds of US$30,000,000, which has been with my Bank for a very long
time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin.

For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 30% of the total sum while 5% will
be set aside for expenses incurred during the course of this transaction,5% for
the less Privileged in the society and the remaining 60% is for me and my Partners.

Please note that this transaction is risk-free and the major thing I ask of you
is to assure me the safety of the money when transferred to your account.
Further Information and arrangement will commence as soon as trust, Confidence
and good relationship is established.

I shall be most grateful if you maintain the confidentiality required In this
transaction. Do not hesitate to contact me for further Directives to enable us
commence towards the conclusion of this transaction.

1. Your Name in Full:
2. Your Address:
3. Your Occupation:
4. Your Nationality:
5. Your City
6. Your Mobile number:
7. Your Age:
8. Your Gender:

Thanks and God bless as i await your earliest response in this regard.For
convenience please respond to this mail using my direct personal email address:
johnsmith@avoe.ge

Best Regards,
Mr.John Smith




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