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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: "Mrs. Jessica Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <prophetboy113@live.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:00:40 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT

My Dear Friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope thise-mail meets you in a perfect condition and in good health. I am using this opportunity to thank you for Your great effort to our unfinished transfer of your winning cheque to you as a winner, due to logistic reasons or the other best known to you. But I Want to inform you that I have successfully cleared the cheque to someone else who was capable of assisting me in this great venture.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you With the sum of $2,500,000.00 Thousand United State of America Dollars. I have authorized Mr. Daniel Smith where I deposited my money to issue you an International certified bank draft cashable at your bank and any bank worldwide. My dear friend I will like you to contact Mr. Daniel Smith for the collection of this international Certified bank
draft, for easier and faster response from Mr. Daniel Smith try to forward or send this particular note to him so he will know i did sent you. Failure might not be good but he his a Godlyman.

The Name and Contact address of the Mr. Daniel Smith is as follows.

Mr. Daniel Smith
Telephone: +234 8081382006
Email: prophetboy249@live.com

Contact Mr. Daniel Smith at the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having at hand In London,that needs to be work on.

Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to the Mr. Daniel Smith on your behalf to send the bank draft cheque of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Of America Dollars to you as soon as you contact him without delay. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is From the bottom of my heart.Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Your's Faithfully,
Mrs. Jessica Brown.

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