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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: "jubril mohamed" <j.mohamed5@megamail.pt>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:03:11 -0000 (WET)
Subject: Partnership offer.

Partnership offer.

Attn Sir.

Are you there?

How are you today and your family today?

Futhermore, I'm delighted to contact you for this assistance after I
discovered your profile as
trustworthy and reliable.

However, it's not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor
against your will. I am 50, and work with a bank (one of the African leading
banks in the West Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the
past 8 years which belong to an American national who is now late Mr. Raymond
Beck Mrs. Dorene Beck who died on Egypt Air Flight 990 http://news.bbc.
co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

When I discovered that there had been no deposits or withdrawals from this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation
and discovered that, none of the family member nor any relation of the late
person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want
an account overseas where the bank will transfer these funds.

Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account.
It is a careful network and for the past eleven months, I have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated Interest
the balance in this account stands at-(US$ 9.5 million US dollars).

Now my questions are:

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission?

If you can sponsor this transfer, consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be
accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.

Respectfully yours,
Mr. Jubril Mohamed.





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