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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: "martins dike" <martinsdike105@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martdike101@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:13:35 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT

Hello ,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your
personal ethics.I will introduce myself as Mr.Martins Dike,One of our
accounts with holding balance of $18 Million USD has been
dormant and has not been operated for the past 4 years.

From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account, a
foreigner by the name Engr.Micheal died in January 27th
2002 and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming
of his money because he has no family members who are aware of the
existence of neither the account nor the funds.

Also Information from the National Immigration states that he was also
single on entry into Nigeria.

I have secretly resolved to find a reliable foreign
partner to deal with.I thus propose to do business with you, standing
in as the next of kin to effect the release of this fund after due
process has been followed.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism
or any other illegal act. On your indication of interest

MY INFORMATION:

NAME:Martins Dike
OCCUPATION:Auditor/Broker in the banking sector
DATE OF BIRTH:October1 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH:Island Maternity Hospital Lagos Nigeria.
MARITAL STATUS:Married with Three children
ADDRESS:Plot231 bobo Avenue Ikeja
Lagos,Nigeria
RELIGION:Christian

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me immediately with the following information
stated below, as I do not have much time in my disposal.

please get back to me via my email .(martdike101@yahoo.it)

1, Your full name and address.
2. Your place and date of birth.
3. Your occupation.
4. Your direct telephone.

PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM
WHAT I AM TELLING YOU AND GET BACK TO ME.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

http://www.worldsocialist-cwi.org/index2.html?/eng/2002/02/02.html

Regards,

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