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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: frank akim <frankakim98@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:39:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Thanks and am waiting to hear from you urgently sir.


Dear Mr VICTIMNAME,
Thank for your mail and am really happy to hear from you ,really I want you to trust me so that we can retrive the trunk box containing this money and invest it in your country and I know that is not by my power to contact you is by the power of our Lord Jesus christ and is the one who called you to come and carry the divine project.

Am very sorry to hear that you have spend alot of money last year and you can not see the face but am asure as soon as I receive your urgent mail and cofirm your interest of this issue I will like to give you the contact of the security company so that you can contact them.

So is my mother supose to contact you but due to she is so much ill and she was adimmit in the hospital for some days now so I want you do do everything so that you can retrive the trunk box out from the security company .

For your information why I contacted you is that I go to the security company to see the Director and he told me that due to the political problem in this country they have to uplift all their clients consignment to the branch office at Holland so I will like to hear from you so that I can give you the contact of the security company so that you can contact them immediately.

Thanks and as far as this help you want to help me and my mother is from your bottom of your heart our all mighty God will bless you and your belove family in Jesus name.

I will like you to send me your telephone number so that I can give you and call for more information about the trunk box or you can, call me on this number 0022508921116.

Thanks and God bless .
Your faithful.
Frank Akim.






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