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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mrlawl@jmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:44:04 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Compensation for your past Effort


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: leoclem77@yahoo.in



- Dear Friend,Please accept my apology for not have contacted you earlier before now due to my tight schedules. I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that money under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay Presently I\'m in London with the partners for some projects with the money.Contact my secretary in lagos state, federal Republic of Nigeria, because I have left the whole instruction to him on your behalf and instructed him where to send the $5,000,! 000.00.without any further delay for your compensation.Remember that the $5,000,000.00. is in draft, not cash, so you need to send to him your full Information where the draft/check will be posted/delivered.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.so feel free to get in touched with my secretary. His name is Mr Mark Graham Brown Email:(markgrahamb@jmail.co.za) NB:NOTE :BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TO MY SECRETARY :-(1) YOUR FULL NAMES(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS(3) YOUR DIRE!
CT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY .So feel free to get in touch with my secretary Mr Mark Graham Brown and discuss with him how the amount will reach you. Please do let me know immediately you contact him to receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. As at moment, I am very busy here because of the projects which I and the new partner have at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf! to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without any delay. Here is his email address again (markgrahamb@jmail.co.za )Regards MR LEONARD CLEMENT


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