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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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Fraud email example:

From: PETERCH SCHMITDS <PETERCH_SCHMITDS@email.ro>
Reply-To: MCHAEL700@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:47:57 +0300
Subject: THANKS

MY DEAR,

HOW ARE YOU AND HOW ABOUT YOUR LOVELY ONES, I DO HOPE THEY ARE ALL IN GOOD
HEALTH CONDITION. YOU MIGHT BE ASKING, WHO IS THIS STRANGE PERSON THAT IS
WRITNG YOU. BEFORE I GO ON LET ME FIRST INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU, I AM MICHAEL
SCHMITDS, THE PRESENT AUDITHOR GENERAL IN CITY EXPRESS BANK IN SWITZERLAND.


I AM COMING TO YOU AS A FRIEND AND NOT A STRANGER HOPING YOU WILL ABIDE BY MY
REQUEST. I WILL BRIEF YOU ABOUT THE BUSINESS SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW IF YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO DO IT, THIS PERSON MR MORIS THOMSON AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR ONLY
DAUGHTER DIED IN A PLANE CRASH, WHILE GOING FOR A TRIP. I WENT THROUGH HIS DATA
AND FIND OUT THAT HIS ACCOUNT WAS OPENED SINCE 1996 AND REMAIN UNSERVICED SINCE
1998, THEY ALL DIED IN AN AIR CRAFT YOU CAN VISIT THIS SITE YOURSELF
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
AND http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp.

AS A BANKER I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO YOU THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC MEANS COS
I CANNOT TRANSFER IT TO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THAT MY CO-WOKKERS WILL NOT MONITOR THE
ACCOUNT THE MONEY IS BEEN TRANFERED
TO. THEY DO MONITOR TRANSFERS MADE IN OUR BANK. WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT ANY
OTHER PERSONS KNOWLEDGE AS THE ACCOUNT IS SECRET ($18,168,300) EIGHTEEN
MILLION, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLAR,
IN THIS BUSINESS 20 % WILL BE FOR YOU, I WILL NOW MAP OUT 5% FOR EVERY EXPENSES
MADE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND OPPORTUNITY COME BUT ONCE.
IF YOU SHOW INTEREST SEND ME YOUR DATA THAT IS YOUR FULL NAMES, DIRECT PHONE
NUMBER, CONTACT ADDRESS IF POSSIBLE YOUR RECENT PHOTOGRAPH VIA EMAIL REPLY ME
VIA EMAIL () I AM WAITING FOR YOUR
QUICK RESPONSE.
BEST REGARDS
MICHAEL SCHMITDS,





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