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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: "MR. MARTIN EDWARD" <martinedward2020@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: martinedward12010@yahoo.cn
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 06:42:43 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hope to hear from you soon




Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Martin Edward, I am from Ghana, you maybe convesant with
Zimbabwe Farmer crisis as well as Mugabe poor human right record.White
farmer victim.Mr Crawford an Australian Zimbabwe deposited $3,500.000 to
our security company since November 2001 but never come back to claim his
Belonging,his address and phone overseas is totally invalid and i am
looking for a good fellow who will assist me to invest this money into
Real estate or good business venture so that we will be partner for future
relationship.

i will be glad if you can assist me on this investment proposal.
have a nice day. My Contact [ martinedward12010@yahoo.cn ]

MR. MARTIN EDWARD

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