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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: "MARY WELLS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.robertjoseph@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 07:56:56 +1000
Subject: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FUND

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The attached message from MARY WELLS <admin@fosun.com> (<admin@fosun.com>)
was determined by the Spam Blocker to be spam based on a score
of 14.2 where anything above 4.3 is spam.

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Reply-To: <barr.robertjoseph@gmail.com>
From: "MARY WELLS"<admin@fosun.com>
Subject: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FUND
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 07:56:56 +1000
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X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

Hello Friend,



I sincerely apologize for contacting you without due permission or under-going due process. I was left with no choice that to contact you immediately because I consider this information very Urgent and Emergency. You will agree with me that experience is the best teacher as we say. I have had a lot of bad and hurtful experiences from those Fucking Internet Scammers. I received over 50 mail each day telling me to claim my inheritance Funds worth Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United Stated Dollars. I fell to this trap and I lost a lot of money. I will never forgive those Bastards from Africa to be specific Nigeria.



I am pleased to inform you that I am one of the happiest women on Earth now because I was contacted by the Federal High Court Officials who directed me to the Real Organization in charge of my Funds. Now I have my funds directly transferred to my Bank Account. I will have to enjoy the rest of my life and family with this Fund .I will resign my job on the 28th May, 2011. Because i have no reason to keep working when I have enough Funds to set up my own establishment and to take care of my family.



Now you will be surprised how I got to know you. I was with the Federal High Court Official to sign and approve the Transfer of my Funds to my Bank (Bank of America). I saw your name and e-mail address among the Beneficiaries of this Funds. Below is the information I saw and the email address also





I felt very sorry for those names and e-mail contacts because I know they might have been scammed by those Bastard. I quickly write out your email address and print out the information. This is why I am contacting you today.



If you have received any mail asking you to make any form of payment to get your Funds. I advice you to ignore such mail now and contact the Federal High Court Official in charge of the Release of your Over Due Funds. If you can contact him now, he is going to process your Funds Papers immediately and you will have your Funds transferred to your Bank Account within the next 24-48hours. But you will be required to pay for the Fund Release Certificate that will cost you the amount of $275 usd. You are advice to provide your information to prove that you are the real owner and Beneficiary of these Funds. You can contact Barr.Robert Joseph via e-mail as stated below:



Federal High Court Of Justice
Name: Barr.Robert Joseph (Federal High Court Official)
E-mail: barr.robertjoseph@gmail.com


My Dear Friend, I hope I have been able to help and prevent you from falling a scam victim to those insolent bastards. Please feel very free to get back to me if you need more information on this, i will be willing to help. Bye for now.



Utmost Regards,
Mary Wells.
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