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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: matins sam <doctor_matin@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <samuel_ibe@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:23:07 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION



FROM:REV MATIN SAM

ATTENTION PLEASE COMPLIMENTS

I AM REV MATIN SAM ,THE PRIEST IN CHARGE OF ST LUKS CATHOLIC CHURCH ,PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO ME ,FIRST OF ALL THEIR ARE SCAMPERS BEERY WHERE ,BUT I WILL LIKE YOU TO BE LIVE ME FOR ONCE . I HAVE A FRIEND THAT IS A FROM MR DANIEL B. JONES A FOREIGNER FROM FINLAND AND THE MANAGER OF PRECIOUS STONES DRILLING SERVICES, A GEOLOGICAL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION AND HE DIED SINCE 2006. BECAUSE OF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM ,HE TOOK NIGERIA TO BE HIS SECOND HOME AND INVESTED A LOT IN NIGERIA . HIS DAUGHTER IS IN NIGERIA WITH ME SCHOOLING ,BUT I AM VERY SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT HE DIED LAST YEAR OF HEART PROBLEM ,BUT BEFORE HE DIED ,HE WROTE HIS WILL TO ME AND HIS BANK DETAILS AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE CARE OF HIS ONLY DAUGHTER. THE BANK HAS WRIT EN NOTICE LAST YEAR(2006)THAT ANY BODY THAT CAN COME UP WITH THE BANK DETAILS ,WILL BE TAKING AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND WILL BE WILLED THE HOLE MONEY IN HIS ACCOUNT ($5.8M USD). BUT I DO NOT WANT TO GO BECAUSE OF MY ILL HEALTH AND I AM NOT GETTING YOUNG ANY MORE ,AM 85YRS NOW AND YOU CAN SEE THE AGE , I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLE BANK IN FORMATIONS BUT ON ONE REASON ,THAT YOU WILL CLAIM THE MONEY AND TAKE THE DAUGHTER (16YRS) AS YOUR OWN DAUGHTER AND TRAIN HER,BUT PLEASE I WILL NOT LIKE YOU TO FAIL ME .
IF YOU CAN DO THIS FAVOR THAT I ASK OF YOU MAIL ME BACK ,I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE YOUR URGENT REPLY
THANKS

REV MATIN SAM
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