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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: Johnathan Traore <jttraorea5@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: traorejohnathan@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:34:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Important Notice


Dear Beneficiary

A grant of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars USD(1,500,000) has been awarded to you.It is really surprising as you may think but it is reality on ground.Without taking much of your time I am Rev Johnathan Traore the secretary of late Gorge Eulau Humanity Endowment Foundation.This foundation was formed as aGlobal oriented charity organization that try as much as possible as she can to empower the less privilege individual directly or indirectly.

In other to proceed further, it is necessary that I bring to your notice a brief history of the founder of this noble foundation.Late Mr George Eulau. Late George is a kind and generous man to my own judgment.He is a very reputable businessman who makes his wealth in a very genuine way.He is Married to late Cecilla Eulau of her blessed memory but unfortunately the marriage could not produce any child at the time of her tragic death as a result of Brest cancer.However, due to the the love Gorge had for children he has to adopt a son Michele Coyle-Eulau from Malawi instead of going into a new union.

However, as fate will have it Michele was among the victims of the September 11 attack on world trade centre.The shock of his death was unbearable to his father who after three years of that unfateful event died of heart failure.Before his death Mr George has a business and properties valued at 150 million USD as of this date.The estates and business was liquidated into cash as instructed in his WILL and paid into a trust company as a foundation
account.The intrest and the principal are meant for charity donation to
individual for 15 years of 1.5 million dollars each year.A donation of
15 million USD is made globally of 1,500,000 USD each to 10 different individual from different part of the world.

The method of selecting is randomly by Internet based system hence you are lucky to be among the ones picked for this year grant.All you need to
do is to provide us with the following:

1) Your full name and contact address
2)Telephone and fax number for easy communications
On receiving the above requested informations we will now issue you the CERTIFICATE OF GRANT and get the Cheque containing the grant amount
sent to you.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Yours -in-service,
Rev.Johnathan Traore.



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