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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: "john8 timothy" <timothyjohn8@mailbox.hu>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 13:39:08 +0200
Subject: COMPENSATION for your last effort.thank you.


HELLO my dear friend.

Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from South Korea.

Presently ,I'm in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile,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 in Benin her name is Ngozi Benjamin on

her-emailaddress below ngozibenjamin11@yahoo.fr Ask her to send you the

total of $1.300.000.00 usd which i kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in touch with my secretary mis ngozi benjamin and instruct her where to
send the
amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
joy afterall the suffering at that time.

At the moment, i am very busy here because of the investment projects
which i and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had
forwarded instructionto the secretary on your behalf to receive that money,
So feel free to
get in touch with Mis ngozi benjamin she will send the amount to you
without any delay ok.

Regards,
timothy john.

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