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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: Maxwell Agusdin <maxwell_agusdin3@aol.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 18:00:54 -0500
Subject: VERY URGENT







Dear how are you,
First I got your contact from yahoo Terrors search, when am searching for a foreigner, please I don’t now if you can keep secret? A word of your own as a human-being? As I have gone through your profile. Well I have a deal worth 5.5m$ from the dormant account in the bank where I am working. However the fund belong to one Mr J. korovo he die in years ago along with his family by plan crash, Please if you can keep secret, I will give you more details and the nest thing to do,
No risk involve, hence I work in the same bank,
For the expenses will be in my side not you. Till you confirm the fund in your account, I will take care of every expense. Also all the documents that will back you up must send to you. Meanwhile before I contact you I have done every underground work through the documents of the deceases person, I have put or attachment his file to our favor. Also with my position every thing works successfully.

Contact me for more details please if you really want to know about this business also want to get more details please contact me through this my alternative email for more detail copy this address maxwellagusdin80@gmail.com, phone No +226 64424661 I will send you my ID also my working Id and my family picture For you to know who your dealing with. Contact me back with

Your Full Name....
Phone No…...
Receiver Country.....
Occupation.....

PLEASE IF REALLY YOUR NEED MORE DETAILS CONTACT ME VIEW MY ALTERNATIVE FOR SECURITY REASONS. ALSO MY PHONE NUMBER AS FOLLOW.
maxwellagusdin80@gmail.com

thanks for your understand please contact me base if you can control this fund once it transfer into your account before my family and I will arriver in your country for the sharing, 40% for you. 10% for the poorest, rest is for me.
Give me your Phone number Let me call you so that we can talk one and one…………

Yours faithfully,

From Dr Maxwell Agusdin.

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