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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: "mark mark" <markmark00006@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:25:26 +0200
Subject: REV,OLIVER MARK

FROM: REV,OLIVER MARK

HOLY MATRIMONIAL CHURCH OF NATION

E-Mail (markmark00006@hotmail.com)

Dearest :

It took me time and divine intervention to write you this mail,as we have
never had any correspondence before, My name is Reverend OLIVER MARK, I am
the senior pastor in the Holy Matrimonial Church of Nation ( Johannesburg)
Republic of South Africa and I am very much interested in a relationship
with you for mutual benefits as I have access to what is needed, but lack
the experience and I am not in a position to perfect its use.

There is an urgent need for my contacting you as I have recently been
granted an opportunity to have access to ( S $ 13,000,000.00 ) Thirteen
Million United States Dollars.
This fund is made available by a one Mrs Lisa Rosemary Kwame a citizen of
Zimbabwen residing in South Africa . She happens to be a staunch member of
my parish, She is well known in this community and besides being a major
real Estate Agent, She is a magnet in environmental management and was
licensed oil merchant before.

Unfortunately she has been living and struggling with breast cancer for
close to 14 months now, through she has been responsible for her care since
the break of her horrible dilemma. She has been through a first operation,
and through she is to undergo a chemotherapy within the next faw days,the
doctors have not given her much of a chance to live.
She is not aware of this fact and she still remains hopeful that something
postive can be done in her case .Based on my last discussion with her
yesterday afternoon on the future of her daughter,should she not be lucky
..she insisted that the fund should be invested . Unfortunately I am
definitely not in a position to run things. which is why i seek your
assistance in taking control of managing the fund.

The fund is deposited in a finance company for safe keeping in South Africa
..she also introduced me to her lawyer who has every details about the
finance company and also how the consignment can be claimed from the finance
company .i have resolved with her on anagreement that will be drawn up by
you on the yearly charge that will be paid to you for taking control and
managing the fund while half of the proceed will be given for the
development of treatment of cancer patients and lass privileged .

The rest will remain with you for the keep of her daughter .I wish you could
be of assistance to this course and i'd like to add that sometime i receive
unsolicited mail ,faxes so i hope my message doesn't come as embarrassment
to you ,but if it does ,kindly accept my apologies.
Awaiting your response

Sincerely

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