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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: "John M. Fredricks" <mikejohn@rya-online.net>
Reply-To: mikejohn03@intrage.it
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:50:59 GMT
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Hellow,

I am Barr.John Michael Fredricks. Attorney to Late Mr.James
Williams a foreigner and an Engineer with Renold
construction company (RCC). Late James Williams has an
account with a Bank here,which he opened in 2003.

He died here in Uk 2004,I received a memo early this year
from the Bank remittance department for an interview about
$14M USD that belongs to my client Late Mr.James Williams,
the bank informed me on their policy to freeze the account
of Late Mr James Williams.
I was asked to redirect the ($14m usd) back to government
treasury because they saw no next of kin in his entire file
within the bank and his account has been dormant for years
which is against policy of the Bank.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner as the foreign beneficiary to that fund.I have
resolved to share the money in this ratio.50% for me,35% for
you,10% for the remittance manager in the bank who has
agreed to guide us for the success of our objectives and 5%
for expenses we might incur during internal processing of
this transaction.

I will need your full name and address including telephone
and fax number for the internal processing of the fund. I
will start processing of required documents to back up our
claim on receipt of all the information from you,which was
given above.

I will give you further details on the entire process when I
receive your positive response.

Ph:+44 704 573 0015,
+44 703 183 7738
Fax:+44 870 471 5457

Email:mikejohn0@intrage.it



Regards

John Michael Fredricks



.............................
Barr: John Michael Fredricks

Law Firm Ltd.
2nd Floor, Queens House
180 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 7PD
ph: +44 704 573 0016,
+44 703 183 7738
Fax: +44 870 471 5457

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