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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: Bill Mark mark <billmark666@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND


Equitorial Trust Bank Corp.
Dear Sir,
Iam mr BILL MARK, The Manager Bills And Exchange At the foreign remittance department of the equitorial trust bank corp nigeria plc[ etbn].iam writting this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business oppurtunity in my department.we discover an abandoned sum of [twenty five million united states dollars]in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers [mr adam garry].who died along with his entire family of a wife andtwo children in april 2001 in an auto crash.since we heard of his death ,we have been expecting his next- of-kin to come over to lay claims for his money as heir,because we canot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.unfurtunately,neither their family member nor distant relatives has ever appeared to claim the said fund.upon this dicovery,i have decided to make business with you and release the total amount into your account with
our bank,otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaim fund.i have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;30% for you as foreign partner, 60% for me and 10% for the settlement of all local and foreign expences incurred in by you and me during the course of this business.upon the successfull completion of this transfer ,i will come to your country and mind my share.it is from 60% i intended to import agricultural machineries into my country as a way of recycling the fund.to commence this transaction ,i require you to immediately indicate your intrest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number ,fax number full name and address and your designated bank coordinate to enable me file letter of claim to the appropriate department for necessary approval before the transfer can be made.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.

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