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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: <johnson_iweka10@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:16:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: INFORMATION FOR URGENT ATTENTION.

DEAR ZWEIG

IAM INRECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL AND ALL WHAT YOU SAID IS NOTED. MY DEAR ZWEIG AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE IAM A BANKER HERE AND I HAVE TOLD YOU HOW THIS MONEY EMANTED FROM . SO WHAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IS FOR YOU TO CONFIRM TO ME YOUR READINESS TO THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO COMMENCE ACTION IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT DELAY BECAUSE TIME IS NOT IN OUR SIDE.NOTE THAT IAM OFFERING YOU15% FOR NOMINATING YOUR ACCOUNT AND AT THE SAME TIME5% FOR ANY EXPENSES WHICH YOU MAY INCURED DURING THE TRANSACTION. NOTE ALSO THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS REAL AND LEGAL COUPLED LEGITIMATE TRANSACTION THEREFORE YOU DONT NEED TO FEAR OR PANIC FOR ANY THING BECAUSE ALL MODALITIES REGARDING TO THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED ONLY WAITING FOR YOU TO CONFIRM YOUR READINESS.PLEASE FORWARD TO ME WITHOUT DELAY YOUR FULL DETAILS AND YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS IN YOUR NEXT MAIL TO ME OK.

UPON YOUR CONFIRMATION TO ME YOUR READINESS THEN I WILL LINK YOU UP WITH MY BANK FOR YOU TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING. YOU ARE AWARE THAT IAM IN THE BANK THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO SEEK FOR A LAWYER HERE WHO WILL STAND ON YOUR BEHALF HERE BECAUSE I WILL NOT COME OUT OPENLY BECAUSE OF MY POSITION ALREADY I HAVE DONE THE UNDER GRAND WORK REGARDING THE HITCH FREE OF THIS TRANSACTION. ALSO WHEN YOU ARE CONTACTING MY BANK YOU SHOULD NOT LET THEM KNOW THAT I HAVE INTEREST IN THIS TRANSACTION OK TO AVOID PROBLEMS.UPON YOUR CONFIRMATION OF YOUR READINESS TO THIS TRASACTION , THE SAID WILL BE CONCLUDED IN LESS THAN 7 BANKING WORKING DAYS.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AMEN.

MR JOHNSON IWEKA




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