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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: MR BROWN <brownjac30@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: jacuzzi_brown@myway.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:29:38 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU


FROM:GROUP AUDIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIVISION
ALPHA BANK LONDON
66 Cannon Street, London EC4N.

Dear,

RE:TRANSFER OF £26,000,000.00 MILLION POUNDS TO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important
business.Though, this medium (Internet) has been
greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is
unofficial and private, and it should be treated as
such.

At first I will like to assure you that this
transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both
parties.

In order to transfer out(TWENTY SIX MILLION POUNDS
STERLINGS)£26,000 000.00 From our bank here in
London.the fund for transfer is of clean origin.the
owner of this account is a foreigner, a program leader
who was believed to acquire the fund through his
secret Crude Oil deal with the Former IRAQI
Government.The deceased died with all the members of
his family in an auto-accident in JUNE 23, 1999
without a WILL.The amount involved is [£26,000,000.00
POUNDS STERLINGS].

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign
account abroad but i don't know any foreigner whom i
can trust,i know that this message will come to you as
a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,but be
sure that it is real and a genuine business.i contact
you believing that you will not let me down once the
fund goes into your account.
Let me hear from you Urgently.
Regards,
MR JAC BROWN






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