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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: mark lee <mark_lee20062@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 00:22:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good Day,


From Mr. MARK LEE
LONDON, UK
E-MAIL: mark_lee20061@yahoo.co.uk
ATN: CEO
Good Day!
I hope my email meets you well. I am in need of your assistance. My name is Mr. MARK LEE. I am in charge of Administration, London Office of the Engineering military unit, in Ba'qubah in Iraq, operating from our office in London, UK. We have about $25 Million US dollars that we want to move out of Iraq. My partner who is a south african citizen by name Dr p c smith and I need a good partner someone we can trust. This money is genareted from oil and it is legal.

But the only way we can move the money is through diplomatic means,not to london for security reason but to africa before transferring to an bank of your choice. The most important thing is can we trust you? Once the funds get to you, you will take 20% out and keep our own 75%while 5% stands to run all expenses. Your own part of this deal is to give us all assistance needed and find a safe place where the funds can be sent to. Our own part is sending it to you. If you are interested I will furnish you with more details. But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.

I look forward to your reply and co-operation, and I thank you in
advance as I anticipate your co-operation. You can reach me on via email: mark_lee20061@yahoo.co.uk.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Regards,
Mr. MARK LEE





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