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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: Markus Umeh <m_umehh@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:28:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Amarjit Singh THE BENEFICIARY


Dear Sir/Madam

I am Dr Markus Umeh senior branch Manager of Union Bank Plc in Abuja Nigeria.Iam contacting you to assist in the claim of some outstanding sum of money which was left by one of my very good clients who died in a AF4590 plane crash on his way to america after he left nigeria to see his family in germany.

This client Christian Eich was an engineer with one of the foremost construction firms here in Nigeria Dantata Sawoe at Abuja. He left no known next of kin and all our attempts to trace someone related to him to whom wecould pay the money have met a dead end.I have now personally decided to contact you to stand on behalf of the family so I can present you as his next of kin using my influence as a senior Manager of this bank.

The amount involved is USD10.3 million (Ten million three hundred thousand United States Dollars) which is the account balance.You can view the website for more details on the death of the man http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm I look forward to hearing from you with your full name and address and contact phone numnber asap.

Please forward your reply to my private email address:mumeh001@yahoo.com Your soonest response is anticipated.
Yours faithfully,

Markus Umeh




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