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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: Eric Igwe <ericigwe@ymail.com>
Reply-To: ericigwe2@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:30:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello,








Hello,
=A0
I work with the Global Finance Bank; My name's Mr. Eric Igwe, I'm the head =
of Audit Unit Dept.=20
=A0
A part payment via electronic transfer of Euro 75. Million was made to a fo=
reign contractor and we still have a left over invoice of Euro11.5 Million =
showing in our Audit Unit Data Base System here, so as i and my assistant d=
iscovered this fund, we decided to search for a reasonable person that has =
a company account that can take such amount of funds without any kind of hi=
tches.=A0=20
=A0
Be informed that we only need you to stand as the foreign beneficiary to th=
e fund and recevie it via ONLINE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER SYSTEM through my Bank=
branch office in Europe GLOBAL FINANCE BANK. You shall have 25% for using =
your company's account to receive the fund, Plus 5% to cover all expenses y=
ou'll incur during the transaction such as endorsment paper by a legal advi=
ser (That's if you can't come down here) and transfer covery documents.=20
=A0
As soon as i hear from you i shall contact a legal adviser whom will write =
an agreement letter between us regarding this transaction for us to sign an=
d keep our copies for our future security, then we shall proceed.
Kindly forward the below so we can start from somewhere:
=A0
(1) Your Full Names.
(2) Name of your company / your kind of job.
(3) Your direct Mobile number.
(4) Your mailing address.
(5) Your I.D
=A0
We look forward for your co-operation and more business in future. Note I a=
m a man of 49 years old, i'll not lie to you, please do not do thesame to m=
e.

Yours truly,
Mr. Eric Igwe=0A=0A=0A

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