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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: "Roger Bird" <fast5@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: rogerbird700@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:22:25 +0200
Subject: HELLO


Hello ,

It is a pleasure meeting you at last for I have waited for this golden
moment.I am Roger Bird manager in one of the prime bank in united
kingdom.Six months ago ,my late customer died in a fatal accident and was
buried at the state cemetry.My late customer (Sir mark jones ) has an
account with a credit balance of twenty million pounds(20,000,000:00),which
has been dormant for a very long time.All efforts to contact the named
beneficiary to late Sir jones's estate,with the supplied information proved
futile.My good friend ,am contacting you because i want you to claim this
money with me. i have the necessary information and documents that would
enable us this claim.Please kindly send me your urgent reply to enable me
know which other step to take towards the claim of this money.

Regards,

Roger Bird

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