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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: wiliam mensah <wilmensahh4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jmarkdeask1@yahoo.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:30:36 +0000
Subject: MY SINCERE COMPENSATION TO YOU



FROM WILLIAM MENSAH, MY SINCERE COMPENSATION TO YOUDear Colleague,On a very happy note and bearing in mind the staunch commitment
thatyou had put into the quest to see that the fund was moved to you
forclaim as we had arranged but to no avail, I write to inform you
that atlast,the business had been a SUCCESS.Since all our effort in conjunction with yours were met with
variousfailures and disappointments after the other, there was an
influentialparty from Britain that was approached on our behalf by a Finance &Management Supports Initiatives(a consulting firm); and with her(influential party) imputes, the Fund was paid out and I have
collected my own share.Presently, I am in LONDON where, in partnership with a core
investor in the Mining Sector of their economy, we are investing in
theindustry.But, I am not oblivious of the fact that you did your best
inthat context, although, it seem that element of doubt crept in. You were not to blame, as there were many circumstances that would
reflect such skepticism to any reasonable being.For your sincere
but unfruitful sacrifices, I pressurized the influential woman to
concede some amount as COMPENSATION to you, for the resource that
you imp lunged even the time and inconveniences.The sum of USD 850,000,00(Eight hundred and fifty thousand unitedstates dollars) was what she agreed to as your compensation value,
andthe sum was made in draft but, because of my appointment in Ecuador
and too, I could not get through to you since your number at any
time indicated "not in use", I then handed it over to the Secretary
of the Finance & Management Supports Initiatives, the consulting
firm. His name is MR JOHN MARK,EMAIL:jmarkdeask1@yahoo.pl
The Secretary is very much informed by me about you and I
instructedher to hand over the Draft to you as soon as you contact her. I
gaveher the CODE 707, which you have to mention for identification.Notethat at times I will be in the site and the Internet does not work there. Onlywhen I am in the city.Yours Sincerely,Williams Mensah.
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