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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: "borrel jean philippe" <borreljeanphilippe@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:44:00 +0100
Subject: My Dear friend,

My Dear friend,

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise considering we
have not been in contact before, my name is Mr. borrel Jean philippe ,
I am Director of auditor general in barclays bank London Endland.

In our bank I found a contact with the certificates deposit, the total
sum of(£ 20.000.000.00) Twenty million pounds and the owner is died in
an accident with his entire family. I am the auditor director general
of
this bank and I want to transfer this money to your Bank account as a
family relative / cousin of Mr.Marinus Heeren, from Holland. I will
arrange all the documents pertaining to the transfer of this money to
your bank account. Please, you must answer immediately to enable me
give you more details regarding this transaction.

My dear friend, prior to this transaction I strongly beleive that you
will never think to betray me after making the transfer to your bank
account. We will also be a partner and invest all these money in your
country. I will leave you for now and hope to hear from you Soon, we
will communicate by email for now because I do not want the whole body
in our bank to know that I am the one giving you all these information
with the file and you should keep this transaction to your care until
you confirm this money £ 20.000.000.00 million pounds in your bank
account ok.

God bless you for agreeing to help me complete this transaction.

From Mr.Borrel Jean Philippe
Director General of auditor
Barclays Bank, London, England
https://www.lmn.cv.ua

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