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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: Mathew Johnson <mathewjohnsonb93@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mathewjohnson@sify.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:13:27 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT.



MR.MATHEW JOHNSON
BRANCH MANAGER
BANCO PINCHINCHA CONDADO
QUITO-ECUADOR.

Attn: Dearest Friend,

It is my honour to request your assistance on this bussiness proposition which if pursued to its conclusion will be of immense benefit to both of us. This request may seem strange but I hope you will give it attention and respond to me as soon as possible. I feel quite safe and satisfy dealing with you in this Mutual Beneficial transaction. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it Still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. l also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of and i encourage you to read it to the end so that you Can understand it very well.

My name is Mathew Johnson, I am the branch manager of the Banco pinchincha Condado Branch Quito Ecuador. I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 46years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a Man of peace and I don't want problem, but I do not know how you will feel about this because you may have double mind. But I am telling you that this is real and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me. I only hope that we can assist each other. But if you don't want this business offer kindly forget it and I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the branch manager of the Banco del Pichincha Condado Branch Quito-Ecuador, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office here in the capital city (Quito- Ecuador) at the end of each year. On the course of the last year 2008 end of last year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made three million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar [ $3,750.000.00 ] which my head office is not aware of it and will never be aware of. I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist to receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While you will have 30% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve it successfully.

Please indicate your genuine willingness and your urgent response via this email account; [ mathewjohnson@sify.com ]

Best regards,

Mathew Johnson.



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