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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: Dr Johnson Micheal <drjohnson_mich22@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM DR JOHNSON






From:Dr.Johnson Michael
Tel:+447045757003
I am Dr.Johnson Michael From Harlsden, North West London , here in
=A0England. I
work for=A0 Natwest Bank Corporation London. I am writing you from my
=A0office tha
t will be of an imense benefit to both of us. In my department,being
=A0the assis
tant manager (Greater London Regional Office), I discovered an
=A0abandoned sum o
f $12.5 million USA Dollars (Twelve million five hundred thousand Usa
=A0Dollars)
=A0in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late
=A0Mr.Thompson M
orrison=A0 American citizen who unfortunately lost his life in the plane
=A0crash o
f Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,
=A0including his w
ife and only daughter.
=A0 The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geograpgical nature
=A0of wher
e you live, particularly due to the sensivity of the transaction.and
=A0the confi
dentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the
=A0relatives to c
ome-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I personally has been
=A0unsuccessf
ul in locating the relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to
=A0present y
ou as the next of kin /Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the
=A0proceeds o
f this account valued at 12.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you.
=A0 This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages,60% to me and
=A040% to y
ou. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to
=A0back up t
his claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your names to the
=A0ducuments
and legalise it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate
=A0beneficiary.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation,Confidentiality and Trust
=A0to ena
ble us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
=A0execute
d under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.
=A0 Please,provide me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through.
=A0this i
s very very URGENT PLEASE.
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you
=A0hoping that
you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of
=A0this m
essage and indicating your interest will furnish you with more
=A0information. En
deavor to let me know your decision rather than keep me waiting.
Reply on this email:drjohnson_mich05@hotmail.com
=A0Regards,
Dr.Johnson Michael
Tel:+447045757003 =0A=0A=0A

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