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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: "equities@terra.es" <equities@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:23:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Business assistant.



Dear Friend.

My name is Leroy Gopal, I am an artist and the onwer of CBN Arts-World in the United Kingdom. I sell my art works to my customers in U.S.A and Canada which i find it very difficult in recieving my payments from them in the past as they have requested to
pay through a direct wire transfer into a home equity line of credit account. I have had a lot of experiences in the past when they were paying through checks and money orders. I have resolved these issues with them that they cannot make payments via checks and money orders any longer. We now accepted that all payments should be made by swift wire transfer into a home equity line of credit account in the United Sates.

They requested all payments to be made into "A Home Equity Line of Credit Account".Why they requested for such account is that the funds will be more secured into such account and the IRS will never question any amount of money coming in or going out of the account.
I need you to be my representative in the United States if you own such account. I will offer you 10% of any of my payment that passed through your home equity line of credit account. You will never invest any money at the course of this transaction. This transaction is 100% legal and does not relate to money laundering and is free from Drug money. The amount of money depends on the volume of facilities sold which ranges from $50,000 and above depending on the limit of your account. I will detail you as soon as i hear from you.I will forward a copy of my passport in the next mail for proper identification.

NOTE: YOU WILL
NOT PAY OUT ANY MONEY FROM YOUR POCKET TILL THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.

Best regards,
Leroy Gopal.








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