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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.John Neff" <mr_john_neff@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: johnneff04@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:20:43 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greetings From Mr.John Neff


My Dear,

In order to transfer out 15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling)from our bank here I have the courage to look for areliable and honest person who will be capable for this important transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.

My name is Mr.John Neff I am the Operation Manager here at Bank in United Kingdom. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since my inception into office in 2001, no body has operated on this account again,after going through some old files,I discovered that if i do not remit this money out regently the money will be there for Nothing, please know that 35% will be for your share, while 5% will be for all the expenses both parties might be incured during the process of the transfer.

Please forward your full contact informations for effective communication.
Regards,

Mr.John Neff.


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