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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MARK JOE"<mdanso001@myway.com>
Reply-To: markjoe_00008@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:23:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Good Day,


From Desk Top Of: Mr.Mark JoeAuditing and accounting section,Foreign remittance department,Intercontinental Bank plcGood Day,I am Mr. Mark Joe, Divisional Head, Foreign Operations Office with theIntercontinental Bank Plc. I was personal account manager to one lateEngineer Michael W. of your country, who till his death was acontractor with Impressario Nigeria Limited, Moenier Oil &amp; Gas Consultand Nigerian Ports authority.On the 28th of November 2003, the Engineer, his wife and their twochildren were involved in a car accident along Gwagwalada express road and all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. At the time of his death, he had a deposit of$15.6 Million which was proceed of a contract work he just concluded with the Nigerian Ports authority. The payment was made with an Ecobank cheque which I personally cleared.Unfortunately, till this moment no one has come as his relation for hisdeposit with us.I humbly request your attention to this matter so
that we can present you as his next of kin or beneficiary to his deposit. It is not a verydifficult thing to do especially as you share the same last name with him and it will not take time too. All we need is to change the name and particulars of his next of kin to yours in our computer database and we file in an application for the release of the fund through the Probate Office in your name.It does not necessarily mean that you must be here to conclude the deal,we may request that the money be sent directly to your account. Which offcourse, you will setup a new account or through bank diplomatic service.Please contact me as quickly as possible and We will talk about thesharing ratio as soon as you get in touch with me.Kind regards,Mark Joe.

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