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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: Mark Carney <markcarney315@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:15:03 +0300 (EEST)
Subject:



Hello, although you may not know me and this email came as a surprise to
you at this time of the year. I am Mark Carney the new appointed chairman
of the Bank of England. There is a sum of Twenty Million Six Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds in my bank and there are no beneficiaries
stated concerning these funds and no one would ever come forward to claim
it, i seek for your assistance to transfer the money to your bank account
in your country so that we can divide the money between us and also invest
some part on other areas of business, there is no risk involved in this
transaction, we will share it in a ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you, this
is not money laundering.

reply this email (markcarney315@gmail.com) as soon as possible for more
information. I will be glad to hear from you.

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