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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: Linda Hoffman <linda.hoffman@ortonville.k12.mn.us>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:38:53 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Dobr=FD_de=F2?=


Dobrý deò, mô¾ete mi vedie», a táto správa mô¾e prís» k vám ako prekvapenie. Som vás kontaktovali súkromne a osobne, ja som osobné assiatant Mark Carney, guvernér Bank of England. Tam je súètom dvadsa» miliónov ¹es»stotisíc eur v mojej banke. Nie sú ¾iadne príjemcami týkajúce sa týchto fondov, a nikto by nikdy sa prihlási k ho alebo po¾iada» o to, tam sú k tomuto fondov ¾iadne príjemcovi. Mám usilova» o va¹u pomoc, aby previes» peniaze na vá¹ bankový úèet vo va¹ej krajine. Nie sú ¾iadne podieµajúce sa na tejto transakcii riziká, a my budeme zdieµa» v pomere 60% pre mòa a 40% na vás. Rád by som tie¾ investova» veµkú èas» svojho podielu vo va¹ej krajine. To nie je pranie ¹pinavých peòazí, obrá»te sa na tento e-mail Mark Carney (markjcarney@outlook.com<mailto:markjcarney@outlook.com>) èo najskôr pre viac informácií.

K dispozícii je 100% podieµa na tejto transakcii a prenosu zaruèené ¾iadne riziko.

S priateµským pozdravom,
Pán Mark Carney,
Bank of England.

Prosím za¹lite Va¹u odpoveï na (markjcarney@outlook.com<mailto:markjcarney@outlook.com>)

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