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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: MAXWELL KATROY <max_katy25@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: maxkaty@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:38:16 +0400
Subject: URGENT RESPONCE


Dear Respected one,

I am so sorry for barging into your emails address without an adequate notification, it's just that i don't have any other means to reach except through mail.I got your email address from the book (U.A.E BUSINESS DIRECTERY) i found my in my hotel room when i was on transit in Dubai on my way traveling to U.K to meet my father's lawyer.My name is Maxwell Katroy, I am from Ivory Coast,The son of late farmer, Mr. Solomon Katroy who was assasinated by unknow gun my men in our house being 24 october 2006.by his political opponet.

Why i contacted you is because i want you to help me claim and invest the money my father left for me in a bank in Spain before he died, and also help me to invest it wisely, since my father told me before he died that i should look for a foreign partner who will stand for me as a father and also a gaurdian, and help me claim the money and invest it wisely for me.

I am now in U.K because i am no longer comfortably staying in my country, because i know that those gum men who killed my father must come after me one day. I told my father's lawyer that i want to claim the money, but he rufused and said that before he will do anything, that i must present a foreign partner who will stand for me in all aspect to make the claim and invest the money for me, that it was an instruction my father gave to him before he died.

Please forward to me your details like:
your full name................................
your nationality..............................
your marital status...........................
Age....................Sex....................
Occupation....................................
Your telephone Number.........................
Your Fax......................................
Your Private phone number.....................
Your international passport copy or your working id card

As soon as i got this information's i listed for you, i will forward the whole things to my father's lawyer who will assist us on the claim, and also send to you his contacts as to enable contact him by yourself.I am counting on your maximum cooperation.

Regards,

Maxwell Katroy.

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