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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: MARK MORIS <markmoris206@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: markmoris@luxmail.com
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:33:00 +0100
Subject: Compliments!


Hello friend,
Compliments!
After going through your profile from our foreign trade office Consulate
of Commerce & Industries which was given to me after my official enquiry,I
decided to contact you directly but I did not disclose the intention to
anyone because of the delicate nature of the transaction.I found your
profile interesting and decided to contact you directly for an urgent
transfer and investment of ten million,two hundred thousand united states
dollars.(10.2M)
I am presently in the Germany working as an attorney
with the bank below.
With your sincere assistant and co-operation, I am determined to work this
project out if we can do business together but as at this moment, I am
constrained to issue more details about this transaction until I get your
response by email today.This deal is worth taking and highly
profitable.Please take a moment of your very busy schedules to respond
back to my private email address:markmoris@luxmail.com
Regards,
Mr.Mark Moris(ESQ)
Attorney For
ICICI Bank UK Ltd;21 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LY.
http://www.icicibank.co.uk


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