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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: "PRINCE JOHN EZE" <billmail@purcell.biz>
Reply-To: andrewmarthains224@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:13:29 +0100
Subject: Contact my Secretary

Dear Friend,
I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred
with the help of a new partner from Ukraine, I want you to contact my secretary
on the below information his name is Mr. ANDREW MARTHAINS
email: andrewmarthains224@yahoo.fr

contact him to send you the total sum of (£850,000.00GBP) eight hundred
fifty thousand pounds in an international certified bank draft, which I
kept for your compensation.Therefore I gave him the sum of $100 to register
the draft with a courier service that will deliver it to you,so you can
contact him now and give him your full information to send the bank draft
to you. Do not fail to update me as soon as you receive it,
so we can share the joy together.

Best Regards
PRINCE JOHN EZE





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