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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: "Marshall Pam" <marshallpam3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vcvsmith@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:44:57 -0600
Subject: TRUSTED PARTNER!!!!!

Good day,


Please I will want you to assist me and my partner to receive a package
which we are working on how to move it out of our country down to your
country As the year is running off,and we promise to give you 30% of the
package or what do you?


We only need:

(1) Your full name (2) Your address (3) Mobile Telephone number
(4) International passport or Photograph for us to make the deposit with
your name.


The flight that will be living with the package will be living this weekend
that is why we need your assistance for us to make sure the package lives
immediately.The content of the package is $9.550 million U.S dollars our
company.

(Sell Bonny Light Crude Oil Ephesos Petroleum Ltd)
http://www.alibaba.com/manufacturer/13233869/Sell_Bonny_Light_Crude_Oil.html
wants to send this money to our customers in Europe through a security
company and it was declare and tagged artifact.


We want to divert the money to you so that we all will shear it, so we want
you to send us the needed informations for us to deposit the money with your
name to the security company that will be living with the
package.


Please we are sorry if we have offended you for the assistance, but we
believe that this business will change our life. I wait your reply with the
informations so that we will deposit it with your name as the rightful
beneficiary and after that we give you the:


Goods Number, Code, and the Tracking Number. Please you can call me with
this Number: +234-805-700-6773 for more information or email me on:
(vcvsmith@yahoo.com)

Hoping to hear from you.

Thanks and God bless us,

Mr.Marshall Pam.


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