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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: D.rFrank Miller <df_franl02@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 05:17:57 -0500
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN


Respected Sir/Madam,

Good day to you. I am deeply sorry for interrupting your normal daily life with my email. My names are Dr Frank M, the accounts officer to Late Lawrence T. Silver.

If you receive this email it is because your names came up in the search for the relation's of the deceased hence we conducted search for the relitives and if you are willing to be a custodian to the funds you can also respond to this email. Mr. Lawrence had a fixed time deposit with my firm, which had matured and remains unclaimed till now.

It present value stands at 63,300,000.00 (six three million three hundred thousand Pounds). All machinery would be put in place to ensure that this claims is hitch free, I have a reputation to consider in this; hence you would have to follow my instruction and guidance religiously as we cannot afford to make any mistake in this process.

If you are capable of putting your time and efforts towards the venture kindly contact me immediately at drfrankmiller@yahoo.com with the following information's:

1. Full names and mailing address

2. Nationality

3. Telephone and fax number.

Have a very wonderful day.

Regards, Dr. Frank M
Account Officer,
Falcon Investments.
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