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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 BALOGUN" <barmarks02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: marksbalogun@yahoo.de
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:56:36 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME SOON

MY NAME IS MARK BALOGUN. I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER
OF MY BANK MR WILLIAM BARNES.WHO DIED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF 31 OCTOBER
1999WITH EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990 WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD AS YOU CAN
SEE FROMTHEWEBSITE BELOW:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm

SINCE THE DEMISE OF MR WILLIIAM BARNES,I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCH WITH
KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE
HAS COME TO CLAIM FUNDS OFUSD15MILLION,[FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS].WHICH THE LATE MR WILLIAM BARNES DEPOSITED WITH US BEFORE THE
OCCURANCE OF THIS REGRETABLE ACCIDENT.ON THIS NOTE, I DECIDED TO SEEKFOR
WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN.

THE BANKING REGULATION HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY FOR MORE
THAN EIGHT(8)YEARS.AFTER EIGHT(8)YEARS,THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK TO
THE BANKTREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.I AGREED THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL
BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER,WHILE 10% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY
EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THEPROCESS OF EFFECTING THE TRANSFER.

10%PERCENT WILL BE DONATED TO ANY CHARITABLE ORGANISATION OF OUR
CHOICE.THE REST WILL BEFOR ME.UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE,I WILL
SEND
YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND
TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN.I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE
THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND LEGAL. PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE
EMAIL ADDRESS:MARK_BALOGUN1@YAHOO.DE

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