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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: PETER MCCARTHY <ben555592000@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 02:42:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: EXPLANATIONS WHO IAM AND WHAT IAM DEALING WITH



 
PETER MCCARTHY 
Investment & Financial Services 
London St James, United Kingdom
 Telephone=00447876165511-00447981657545


  
 SIR'S,

I SAW YOURS  LIES  MESSAGE ...
 
LET'S EXPLAIN TO YOU WHO IAM FOR NOT WASTING MY TIME WITH   NONSENSES===
 
DO YOU HAVE REAL SOME PROFESSIONAL  HACKER    WHO CAN  PUT  MONEY   TO THE BANK  ACCOUNTS WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU  WITHOUT SUSPECT ANY BANK OFFICER   ????
 
 
 IF WE HAVE  A  REAL HACKER AND HE CAN SENT ANY MONEY BIG AMOUNT OR SMALL AMOUNT  VERY PROFESSIONAL THEN  I WILL WITHDRAW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY  IN 2 HOURS AND SENT YOURS 50%     ...
 
I AM NOT NIGERIAN, IAM FROM CYPRUS AND I LIVE YEARS IN LONDON-U.K...
 
 
 
I HOPE  to know THAT IAM  finally dealing with someone that has real business sense and banking experience then..  You are few in numbers!  Many of these people you deal with in this industry are nitwits, and kill their own deals that are easy to close, only because of their own stupid ignorance!
 
 
 
 NOT GAMES AND NONSENSES AND FROM MY SIDE ALSO THE SAME AND SOMETHING ELSE==
 
YOU CAN TRUST ME MORE THAN YOURS BROTHERS...
 
 
 I HAVE COMPANIES BANK ACCOUNTS FROM SPAIN BANK  AND FROM  U.K BANKS...
 
IAM DEALING THE LAST 12 YEARS WITH MANY NIGERIANS PARTNERS FROM LAGOS-HOLLAND-GUANA-BENIN-SPAIN-USA, AND I HAD RECEIVED ABOUT 28 CASHIERS CHECKS BUT ONLY 3 HAVE BEEN CLEAR AND RECEIVED MONEY BUT THE AMOUNTS WERE REALLY SMALL.. 
 
 
 
THE COMMISSIONS ARE 50% FOR YOURS SIDE INCLUDE YOURS HACKER AND 50% FOR MY SIDE...
 
IF YOU CAN DO PERFECT TRANSFERS IN U.K BANK ACCOUNTS OR SPAIN BANK ACCOUNTS  WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU , THEN  YOURS MONEY WILL RECEIVE 100%  ...
 
I HADLE ALL THE DEAL AND GIVE ORDERS TO THE BENEFICIARY- PARTNER OF BANK ACCOUNTS TO WITHDRAW THE FUNDS AND SENT YOURS 50%  BY BANK TRANSFER ...
 
 SO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOU CAN DO....
 
I WILL SENT YOU THE BANKING DETAILS OF MY PARTNERS COMPANY BANK ACCOUNT IN SPAIN, IN MY NEXT EMAIL RIGHT NOW...
 
 
THANKS....
  

PETER



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