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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: natasha Daniella <natasha_dan4@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:54:39 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Natasha.


Dear,

I thank you for your mail and willingness to assist me realise this transaction. God bless you!

The issue at hand is that my father deposited US$6 200 000.00 in a bank here and informed the bank that the money is for his foreign partner. he told them that the money is to be transferred to his foreigner buthe did not give them any name of the foreign partner.

Now that my father is dead, the bank is requesting me to present the foreign partner of my late father. This is the reason why I have appointed you to stand as the foreign partner of my father so that the bank will release and transfer the oney into your bank account.

So in your next mail, do write me a and give me your phone number and address so that I can take them to the bank. I have informed them that I have appointed someone so they are asking me to bring the contact of the person and also have the person to write them.

So I will wait for your information and once I have it, we will proceed.

I thank you for your response and the help that you are rendering me. I also know that you are I will benefit from this transaction. You efforts will be greatly rewarded.

I thank you once again and I wait for your response.

God bless.

Natasha

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