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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: johntarsus@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 02:37:31 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,please read and do get back to me!

Dear friend,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Mr John Tarsus, and work with a bank (one of the African
leading banks in the West Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant
account for the past 8 years which belong to a American national who is
now
late Mr Morris Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
More details about the deceased himself,you can check on
(http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html)

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from
this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system
investigation
and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late
person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell. Now I
want
an account overseas where the bank will transfer this
funds.Thereafter,I had
planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a
careful
network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to
ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is
not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the
balance
in this account stands at-(US$35.5 million US dollars).

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information as contained
herein be
accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it
deserves.

I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project. Do know
that this transaction is 100% risk & hatch free.

I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message.


Respectfully yours,
Mr. John Tarsus.
johntarsus@yahoo.de




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