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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 smithjames" <mark_smithjames@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: marksmithgood@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:46:29 -0800
Subject: GET BACK TO ME



THE DESK OF:DR,MARKSMITH
UBA TRUSTBANK PLC
LAGOS .
E-MAIL-marksmithdom@mixmail.com
Dear Friend,
VERY CONFIDENTIAL.
I am the manager of Foreign Account Department of the Standard trust
Bank Plc. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and
co-operation to carry out this transaction. We discovered an abandoned
Sum
of
US$20Million
(Twenty Million U.S Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
< br>foreign customer who died along side his entire family in November
2004
in a
plane crash in Lagos.Since
this development, we have advertised for his next kin or any close
relation to come forward to claim this money, but nobody came to apply
for
the
claim. To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have
decided
to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of
kin to the deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner to
apply mfor the claim because of the fact that the customer was a
foreigner.
And we dont want this money to go into the banks treasure as unclaimed
fund.Every document to affect this process will emanate from table and
I
will
perfectevery document to be in accordance with the banking law and
guidelines
so you have nothing to worry about.
All we require from you is to provide a bank account in your name or
your company name where the money will be transferd to and deposited.
We
have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses
incurred
on the both side while 60% will be for my colleagues and I. If you are
going to help me, indicate by replying this letter and putting in your
bank
particulars,private telephone and fax numbers.
I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in
earnest. Once I receive your reply, I will send you the modalities for
immediate
application of claim.
Thanks for your anticipated assistance. You can reply through my
private (marksmithdom@yahoo.com
NAME.............................................
MAILING ADDRESS..................................
AGE:.............................................
STATUS:..........................................
STATE/COUNTRY....................................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS..................................
We look forward in working with you.
Yours faithfully,
MarkSmith

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