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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,Nkpakala Paul" <paul.mrnkpakala@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mariarose00maria@yahoo.it
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:33:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: My Dear Good Friend


My Dear Good Friend

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Taiwan. Presently I'm in Taiwan for investment projects with my own share of the total Contract sum. Mean while, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary Mrs Maria Roes
in Accra-Ghana with this information bellow:
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Name: Mrs Maria Roes
Email: mariarose00maria@yahoo.it
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Please Send Mrs Maria Roes this information's Now and Call him that you have send him email:
Your Full Name: _______________________
Full Address:_________________________
Company Name: ______________________
Tell/Cell: ____________________________
Amount: _____________________________
Form Of ID: __________________________

Remember that you have to send him this information correct in other to get to the bank manager to issue the money in your
name to avoid mistake Ask Him to send you the check what of USD$950.000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollar Only) which i kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mrs Maria Roes urgent and pleaded by advice him where to send the Draft to you such as your name and address where you want the money to be send to..

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all our sufferings at that time you are trying to help me out move the funds out of my country. At this moment I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand just use this little time i have to send you this email so if i did not get back to your email after this email please pardon me, finally, remember that i had instruct my secretary on your behalf to receive the DRAFT, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs Maria Roes who in position to send the Draft to you after due process with the bank and try to be honest with him because he is a very good service Young Man and i trust him when he serve me.

Best Regards

Mr. Nkpakala Paul

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