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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: nenita martin <martin200@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:07:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re:Dear Respectful one,


Dear Respectful one,

I am Miss Nenita Martin from Sierra Leone. I am writing to seek your
partnership and assistance to help me transfer my funds in the bank, the
sum of ( $6.5 Million) that I inherited from my late father, here in
Lome Togo.

I will like to transfer the funds to you in your country for investments
and continuation of my studies in your country,i am just 17 years of
age and i do not really know what to do and i want an account overseas
where i can transfer this funds this is because i have suffered a lot of
set backs.the death of my father has really brought sorrow to my life
and my both parents are dead ,my mother died when i was a year old.

I await your urgent response with your full name,Email address and telephone number to give you more details.

Thank you,

Nenita Martin.

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