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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: malik ali <malik_0057@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:55:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: waiting to hear from you soonest.


Hi,

thanks very much for your urgent reply and understanding torwards this transfer,infact i am glad.please before i sent this proposal to you,i prayed and fasted over it,hope God will answer my prayer.please this is never a jokeand should not be joked with.now i want you to stand as the next of kin to the deceased,then immediately after all the process involved,the bank will transfer this fund into your account as the bonafied next of kin.

for your information,every necessary informations needed to perfect this transaction are all intact with me,so i assured you 100% risk free regards to this matter hence you will follow up my instructions.now before we proceed,send to me your full ressidential address and your private phone and fax contacts,this is to enable me locate you as soon as this fund gets into your account,because i will come over to meet you for normal shearing according to the percentage indicated.

upon receipt of this informations from you,i will send to you an application form,which you will fill in the gaps with your account details and then apply to the bank as the next of kin so as the process to commence. and this process could not take us more than two weeks,if we could be very very fast incommunications thanks,and God bless,waiting to hear from you soonest.
regards,
DR Malik.


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