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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: James Clerk <jjjmesclerk14@live.com>
Reply-To: <jmesclerk0007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:54:11 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear



Dear Friend, I am The Rt Hon. James Clerk MP, (Chief Secretary toThe Treasury UK) I was a member of a committee thatBrokered a deal between EPE (UK) Ltd, an oilFiltration Company that executed an oil filtrationcontract for the Russian Government during the regimeof Tony Blair who just stepped down for Gordon Brownour New Prime Minister. We the committee members hadan Over invoiced amount of £14,000,000.00 which weHad kept aside for ourselves but could not shareImmediately. The Change of the office of the primeMinister has presented an opportunity for us to shareThe money amongst ourselves hence my contacting you. My share of the booty is (£1.750,000.00) One Millionseven hundred and fifty thousand GBP. Due to myPosition as an MP in UK here. I can not invest theMoney here or have a foreign account hence I am Seeking a reliable person who will receive this moneyon my behalf for investment purposes. The money wasDeposited in a non investment holding account with aBank here in UK. I am sincerely seeking your assistance to receive thisAmount. Please if you can assist in investing thisFund in any good investment in your country or anyCountry of your Choice. If you agree to Help, you will be entitled to 10% of the total amount While wewill agree on your commission on the Investment later. If you are willing to assist, get back to mewith Your Full Name, Address and contact details. The Rt Hon James Clerk MP

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