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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Mark Jacobi" <mark.jacobi2@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mark.jaco2005@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:11:23 +0400
Subject: Reply!

Dear Sir/Madam, My name Mark Jacobi , I am The only child of Dr. H. Paul Jacobi who died with my mom at a plane crash.Since my dad died i have been going through so many pains and my dad was a well sucessful business man and he make alot of traveling. However,i was in the school last week i got a letter and it was a security company and they was tell me in the letter that my dad deposited a consignment with them for past 5years now and since they heard that he died they I have been looking for me as the his only son to come forward and claim the consignment.After that i went home and find some documents about the consignment and find out that my dad write my name as the next of kin to the consignment and also get to know that it was money that he deposited with the security company which they did not know the content of the consignment .You can find my dad and mum name in this website <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran
Fmain49778.shtml>Now i am a boy of 22years old and can not go for it ,Please i will liek you to stand for me as the next of kin to this fund and claim it from the seurity company and you can invest the money on my behalf. Once you indicate your interest to stand as my beneficiary and Next of Kin., I will disclose to you if you are interested to stand as the beneficiary of the fund. For your assistance and cooperation, I am willing to accept a reasonable agreement that will favor you and me in order for you to manage the fund into a lucrative venture that you know more about, once you indicate your readiness to stand as my partner in progress, I will then download those documents to you for clarification and immediate processing of claim.Please if interested get back to me at my private email(mark.jaco2005@yahoo.com </ym/Compose?To=mark.jaco2005@yahoo.com&YY=74906&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=!
3Da&head=b>). I will wait for your immediate intervention. V
ery truly yours, Mr Mark Jacobi
Dear Sir/Madam,

My name Mark Jacobi , I am The only child of Dr. H. Paul Jacobi who
died with my mom at a plane crash.Since my dad died i have been going
through so many pains and my dad was a well sucessful business man and he make
alot of traveling.

However,i was in the school last week i got a letter and it was a
security company and they was tell me in the letter that my dad deposited a
consignment with them for past 5years now and since they heard that he
died they I have been looking for me as the his only son to come forward
and claim the consignment.After that i went home and find some documents
about the consignment and find out that my dad write my name as the next of
kin to the consignment and also get to know that it was money that he
deposited with the security company which they did not know the content of the
consignment .You can find my dad and mum name in this website

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Now i am a boy of 22years old and can not go for it ,Please i will liek
you to stand for me as the next of kin to this fund and claim it from the
seurity company and you can invest the money on my behalf. Once you
indicate your interest to stand as my beneficiary and Next of Kin., I will
disclose to you if you are interested to stand as the beneficiary of the fund.
For your assistance and cooperation,

I am willing to accept a reasonable agreement that will favor you and
me in order for you to manage the fund into a lucrative venture that you know
more about, once you indicate your readiness to stand as my partner in
progress, I will then download those documents to you for clarification and
immediate processing of claim.Please if interested get back to me at my private
email(mark.jaco2005@yahoo.com).

I will wait for your immediate intervention.

Very truly yours,
Mr Mark Jacobi



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