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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: info mail <infodomingo@web.de>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:28:17 +0200
Subject: URGENT TRANSFER TO A FOREIGNER BANK ACCOUNT


<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"=
/><o:p> </o:p>Greetings,<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>I am Mr.Jonez Silva Domigo=
, the manager of the bank.There Is an account opened in my bank in 1997 an=
d since 2000 nobody has operated on this account again, after going throug=
h some old file in the records I discovered that if I do not remit this mo=
ney out urgently it would be confiscated by our bank.LACAIXA BANK OF SPAIN=
. The owner of this account is Mr. Andreas Schranner,a German who works at=
Mount Resources Ltd. a geologist by profession. He died since 2000 along =
side with his entire family his wife Maria,their daughter Andrea Eich,her =
husband Christian,
and their children Katharina,eight, and Maximilian, 10,all died in the cla=
sh,
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Please log on here to see for your self,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/=
1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm]to be paid through one of the following payme=
nt options<o:p></o:p> (A)BANK TRANSFER (B) CASH PICK UP=20

and the amount involved is(36,000,000.00) Thirty Six Million United States=
Dollars.)
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because the bank is going to
welcome you as a foreigner that has correct information about the account,=

which I will give to you before we proceed. I need your full co-operation=20
to make this work fine. If you are capable to handle such an amount in=20
strict confidence and trust we will achieve this money immediately, I will=
=20
also use my position to influence and affect legal approvals and immediate=
=20
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance=20
from the ministries and foreign exchange department. As soon as the transf=
er=20
is concluded, you are entitled to 30% of the total funds.I will expect a s=
traight=20
answer from you YES or NO If yes,then let's work out the modalities and a
brief profile of your person is expected.I look forward to your earliest r=
eply.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>E-mail:jonezsilva@aim.com
Telephone:0034 695 280 381=20
Best Regards,<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Mr.Jonez Silva Domigo<o:p></o:p>


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Schon geh=F6rt=3F Der neue WEB.DE MultiMessenger kann`s mit allen:=20
*http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3015* [http://www.produkte.web.=
de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3015]

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