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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: Mark Joe <markjoeheadoffice@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:46:59 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Mark Joe


>From Mark Joe
Address :- 10052 kissy Avenue, Marcory Ramblais,
Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire, West Africa.

Attn; Sir.




Dearest,

GOOD-DAY IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD. I AM SORRY TO HAVE CONTACT YOU WITHOUT KONWING WHO YOU ARE, I ONLY NEED YOUR GOOD ADVICE THAT WILL HELP ME IN LIFE TO BE COME SOMEBODY.

I HAVE THE SUM OF EURO 55M. 000.000.00 WITH A BANKWHICH I WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY ON ANY GOOD BUSINESS YOU WILL ADVICE ME ON. PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR GOD, COULD PLEASED ADVICE ME ON THE KIND OF BUSINESS I CAN INVEST THIS MONEY. WHAT EVER YOU WANT ME TO PAY YOU FOR YOUR GOOD ADVICE THAT WE HELP ME INVEST THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY I WILL PA YOU WITH HAPPENESS.

I AM PLEASED WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU. AGAIN I AM SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH AS I DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL.

YOURS

MARK JOE



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