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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: edwardtome@aarhusmail.dk
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:23:11 +0200
Subject: From Mr. Edward Tome

From Mr. Edward Tome
Greetings!

After much consideration on this matter, I have decided to contact you,believing that you will protect this transaction and give it the attention it deserves.

I am pleased to be in contact with you. I am a top management executive of a regional bank in the Benin Republic.I would like to know if we can work together in partnership. I would like you to collaborate with me as a beneficiary for a deceased client in this bank who made a fixed deposit of USD$4.6m dollars to our bank.

He died without any registered next of kin designate and as such his funds now have an open beneficiary mandate. And i seek your good co-operation to do this. I will guide you professionally, but secretly on every information that may be required of you from our bank in a most discreet manner, for us to claim this fund for our mutual disbursement.

If you are interested, Please do let me know so that I can give you comprehensive details on steps to take,towards maximizing this great opportunity to our personal benefit.

VERY IMPORTAN !
Reply me through my private email adress edwardtome@yahoo.cl

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.
Best of my regards

Edward Tome


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