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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: "johnson"<johnson7johnson@myway.com>
Reply-To: mrjhsmartins@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 05:24:02 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU.


















I AM MR.JOHNSON MARTINS,THE BANK MANAGER OF EKO BANK PLC. ENUGU BRANCH NIGERIA.I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY BRIEFBUSINESS WITH YOU, THERE IS A DORMANT ACCOUNT IN MY BANK WITH A CREDIT BALANCE OF USD$95,700,000) NINTY FIVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS,WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT SINCE 2003. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS AN AMERICAN [MR.WALTER ANDREWS] DIED ALSO ON 2003 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THAT HE LEFT NO BENEFICIARIES OR NEXT OF KIN TO THE ACCOUNT, PLEASE READ MORE STORIES ABOUT THE CRASH VISITING THIS WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO STAND IN AS THE BENEFICIARY/ NEXT OF KIN TO THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY. AND THEN MY POSITION AS THE BANK BRANCH MANAGER GIVES CLEARANCE FOR ONWARD REMISSION OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. AFTER THE BANK HAS ACCEPTED YOUR APPLICATION, AN ATTORNEY WILL SECURE ALL THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS ACCOUNT AND MY
POSITION IN THE BANK GUARANTEES THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THIS PROPOSAL. KIND REGARDS,MR.JOHNSON MARTINS.



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