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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: Mathew ndong <ndong_mathew@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:55:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT


DEAR AMARJIT SINGH,

THANKS FOR YOUR MAIL AS I HAVE NOTED YOUR PASSED TRANSACTION WITH BARISTER EZE, PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM A MARRIED MAN WITH 4 CHILDREN WITH A GOOD FAMILY BACKGROUND.

HOW-EVER, I AM SO HAPPY ON YOUR WILIINGNESS TO ASSIST ME AND BE MY PARTNER TO REALIZE THIS TRANSACTION AND AS YOU KNOW WE REQUIRE ABSOLUTE HONESTY AND TRUST AS LONG AS SUCCESS TO THIS TRANSCTION IS CONCERNED, I AM ASSURING YOU ON MY OWN SIDE OF HONEST CO-OPERATION WHICH I WILL ALSO REQUIRE SAME FROM YOU.

HOWEVER, FORWARD ME WITH YOUR COMPANY CONTACT DETAIL INFORMATIONS AS THIS WILL ENABLE ME FORWARD THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES FOR THE APPROVALS DOCUMENTS WHICH NEEDED TO BE ACQUIRED FROM ESPECIALLY THE DEPOSIT CIRCUIT UNIT BEFORE MOVING THE FUNDS OUT UPON OUR COMPROMISE ON THE PROCESSING OF THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR NAME.

PLEASE I WILL ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IN DETAILS YOUR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION AS I WANT US TO INVEST THIS FUND INTO A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF YOUR CHOICE HENCE I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN BUSINESS.
I WILL KEEP YOU MORE UPDATED AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, IN REFERENCE TO MY STATUS I APPOINTED ON A ESPECIAL APPOINTMENT BY UPG PRESIDENT MR PIERRE MAMOUNDOU & HEADING THE GABON OIL CORPERATION AND AS RESULT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY WITHIN MY DISPOSAL I WANTED TO ENTER INTO A LUCRATIVE VENTURE WITH AVALIABLE FUND WITH A FOREIGN TRUSTED PARTNER.

SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION THROUGH ME AS THE ACREDITED BENEFICIARY OF THE DEPOSITED FUND IN MY NAME HENCE I WANT MY NAME TO BE USED DURING THE TRANSFER AS THIS MAY JEOPARDISE MY POLITICAL AMBITION.

AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST..


THANKS AND BEST REGARDS

DR MATHEW NDONG

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