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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: "Mr. harry Stephen" <favorg@jojomail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:21:50 -0400
Subject: Important message to attend to

Dear Friend,
With due respect,and to whom it might concern.I wish this letter will
not
come to you as a surprise.I am Mr.Harry Stephen the auditing director
of a
Commercial Bank here in Lagos.
We had a foreign customer who deposited a huge sum of money
(US$8.5Million
United States Dollars Only) with our bank. Eventually,this customer was
among the victims of the fatal car accident that claimed over 70 lives
along
Shagamu/Ikorodu Expressway on the 12-02-1999 in Lagos and since then,
we
have not had anybody coming for the deceased funds/estate as the next
of
kin, and I have been monitoring this account with my position here in
the
bank for the past years.
However from the information that I have gathered, the deceased died
along
side with the wife and a supposed next of kin which is their only son,
hence
nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past years and now. In
view
of this, I write to solicit for your assistance to present you as the
next
of kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me and I am
only
waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his/her account
for
our mutual benefit. This does not have any risk attached to it as all
his
secret information that will be required from you by the bank is with
me
right now over here.
I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message
and I
will furnish you with details on how to proceed to the bank for the
claim.
Your interest will be negotiable before we commence theoperation and
upon
conclusion of the transaction, I will be flying over to meet you for
disbursement of the fund and investment in your country. I look forward
to
hear from you so as to enble us forge ahead to achive this mutual
benefit.
Best Regards.
Harry Stephen
Please reply me back with this email address if you are intrested to
assist favorg1@jojomail.com






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