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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: joefrey_2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:06:23 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20RESPONSES?=



STUDY CAREFULLY AND REPLY URGENTLY
**********************************
HELLO DEAR
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,HOPE EVERYBODY IS FINE BOTH YOUR BUSINESS,I
AM JOEFREY WILLIAM THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
OF BTCI BANK LOME TOGO.


I AM CONTACTING YOU BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION I GOT ABOUT YOU WHICH SHOWS
THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE AND DEPENDABLE,AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION
CAN ONLY COME WITH A HELP OF A FORIEGN PARTNER LIKE YOU SINCE WE CAN NOT
OPERATE FORIEGN ACCOUNTS.

THE MAJOR REASON OF CONTACTING YOU IS DURING OUR INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING
IN THIS BANK, MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING
TO A DECEASED PERSON (NAME WITHDRAWN)
WHO DIED ON NOVEMBER 1999 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THE FUND HAS BEEN DORMANT
IN HIS ACCOUNT AND AFTER SOME TIME THE BANK MAY CONVERT TO THE SECURITY
FUNDS OF THE BANK AS IT IS WITH THE ALLIED MATTERS OF THE BANK. NOW WE ARE
NEEDING YOU AS TO SUPPLY ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT WILL QUALIFY
YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN
FROM OUR OFFICIAL FILE HERE OF WHICH WE WILL GUIDE YOU AND SUPPLY WITH ALL
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WILL PRESENT TO THE BANK THAT WILL QUALIFY YOU
AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED PERSON THEN THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED
TO ANY BANK ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL PRESENT THEN WE WILL GO INTO AGREEMENT
WITH YOU AFTER WHICH TWO PEOPLE UPON COFIRMATION OF THIS MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT
WOULD BE WITH YOU FOR ONWARD SHARING ACCOPRDING TO
PERCENTAGE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.

WE ARE STILL WORKING IN THIS BANK THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO LOOK FOR A FORIEGN
PATNER AND WITH OUR ASSISTANCE EVERYTHING WILL GO SMOOTH. THE SAID AMOUNT
IS (U.S$20 MILLION) UNITED STATES DOLLARS.NOTE THAT THIS MONEY WE CAN TRANSFER
IT IN THREE BADGE AS TO AVOID OVER TAXATION. WE WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE
SITUATION HERE IN THIS BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT.BE
INFORM THAT THIS DOES NOT POSE ANY RISK ON YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL ONLY INSTRUCT
THE BANK THE WAY WE WILL GUIDE YOU.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE BEEN ADVICED TO KEEP "TOP SECRET" AS WE ARE STILL IN SERVICE
AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU.
WE SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE STATING YOUR WISH IN THIS
DEAL. THERE IS OPEN ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION ON PERCENTAGE BEFORE COMMENCEMENT
ON THIS PLEASE.AND YOU ARE ADVISE TO FURNISH US WITH YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS
FOR EASY COMMUNICATION. GIVE ME A BRIEF CALL AT THE RECIEPT OF THIS MAIL
ON MY TELEPNONE NUMBER.+228-920-4017.
YOU CAN VIEW THIS SITE FOR YOUR FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THIS DEAL. http://www.bromike.com/departed/egypt.html
YOU CAN ALSO REPLY ME THROUGH MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS
jwilliam_252@yahoo.co.uk
SINCERELY.
JOEFREY WILLIAM.




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