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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: "franklin mundiyatu" <mundiyatu14@msn.com>
Reply-To: markdicson1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:15:21 +0000
Subject: bond bank scot plc london

DEAR FRIEND,

I WOULD NOT WANT YOU TO FILL BAD OR SURPRICE OF ME MAILING YOU,IS DUE TO THE
FACT THAT I WOULD NOT WANT MY COUNTRY GOVERNMENT TO EMBESULE THIS CASH OF
$55 MILLION USD WHICH ONE OF THE NIGERIAN GOVERNOR MR ALAMIESEIGHA DEPOSITED
IN OUR BANK,AS MY POST IN THE BANK AS THE BANK MANAGER,I WOULD WANT YOU AND
I TO USE THIS MIDIUM TO GET THIS MONEY INTO OUR HANDS OR POCKET.IF YOU ARE
INTRESTED,KINDLY SEND THE FOLLOWING TO ME AS URGENCY,

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
YOUR FULL BANK DATA
YOUR FULL PRIVATE PHONE / FAX NUMBERS


MY GREAT THANKS
MR MARK DICSON.
(44)07031943258 OR 07031967078.


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