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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: "John Mark" <c.j@1000000jf.com>
Reply-To: drjohnmark@sbcglobal.net
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 20:01:42 +0200
Subject: Hello Greetings to you,

Hello Greetings to you,

Please I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity
to you, My name is Dr. John Mark, a bank accountant in UBB, I
will need your assistance in this business transaction. I would
like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased customer,
Andreas Schranner, who died in a plane crash on Monday, 31 July,
2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK plane crash. Check the website for the
details of the plane crash:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

He was a wealthy German property magnate who made a deposit of
$17 Million with our bank Here after execution of Oil Contract
he had with Government. Only to wake up one morning and heard
the news of this plane crash, He died without any registered
next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary
mandate.

If you are interested please do let me have your private
telephone number so that I can give you comprehensive details on
what we are to do. Send me the following information when
replying back to me. ON MY EMAIL ADDRESS AS STATE
BELLOW:

drjohnmark@sbcglobal.net
mobile: +22999271493
fax: 22998111635

1. Your Full name :

2. Your private telephone and fax number :

3. Your occupation :

4. Your home or office address :

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Best Regards,
JOHN MARK

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