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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: mparkermp1@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:03:53 -0400
Subject: Re: Dearest Beloved


Dearly Beloved

I wrote also to the Bank yesterday to let them know what they are doing with my funds as I want the Funds to be transfer urgently without delays and also to let me know if the Funds can be handle and taken to you directly and on their arrival to you all charge will be paid as soon as you meet with them and they confirm that they would try their possible best to know if theeir UK diplomat can handle the funds but they also warned that it is something that they would have to handle with care because of the terrorist attraction that have drawn the america & UK government into watching out for money laundrying but they would do their possible best to assist and sned their diplomat and that all the fee would have to be settle by you as soon as they handle the Funds directly from UNITED KINGDOM to the UNITED STATES.

The Bank want my approval and to know if you would also agree to their term of handling of the Funds dircetly to you.

The Bank also complain about the Document which they procure on your behalf and told me that the Fee which they use to procure that document would be paid also by you because it is with only that document the diplomat can make use of in handling the funds and they could not touch anything from the Funds because it is protected and this was the last and bottom message which the Bank wrote.

Note: that your Funds is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you.

Let me know soonest if I should order the Bank to proceed with their assistance of handling the funds and all charges would be paid as soon as they reach you.

Regards

Mary Parker
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