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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: able_johnson able_johnson <able_johnson01@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:00:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: nice to contact you,


Dear Good Friend.

COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TO YOU.
My name is Enginer Johnson Able I am the branch and computer manager here in our bank.I have only written to seek your indulgence and assistance. I wish to make a transfer involving a huge amount of money (US$26.2m) twenty six million two hundred thousand United State Of American Dollar, Belonging to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German property magnate who lost his life on the 21st of April 2000, along with his wife, Maria and their children and even grand children in a plane crash. The AF4590 crash include all 109 people on board and five who died on the ground when the plane crashed into the Hotelissimo and till now the acconut remains dormant. Refer to the website below for more details:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.
I am proposing to make this transfer to a designated bank account of your choice. Thus, for your indulgence and support, I propose an offer of 20% of the total amount to be yours after the transfer has been successfully concluded.
Your full name , phone number and fax numbers is need in the first place.Kindly reply this mail by indicating your interest, and I shall furnish you with the details and necessary proceedures with which to make the transfer progress.
I will send you all the document you may need for the transaction when I heard from you,
Yours faithfully,
Eng_able



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