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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: "Islamic Relief" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <islamicreliefafrica1990@qatar.io>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 23:33:06 +0200
Subject: DO NOT IGNORE (PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME)

Good Day,

I do not know how familier you are with invents, but
my aim of contacting you is to introduce to you this
lifetime opportunity of mutual benefit, this however
does not mean I am compelling you to honor against
your will but I will like you to read on and consider
the value I offer.

My name is Mr. Jerry Ntai, I am the Head of Operations
in Mevas Bank, Hong Kong. I have a business proposal
in the tune of $25.2m to be transferred to an offshore
account with your assistace.

After the successful transfer, we shall share in
ratio of 30% for you and 70% for me. Should you be
interested, please respond to my letter immediately,
so we can commence all arrangements and I will give
you more information on the project and how we would
handle it.

Please fill the following information for documentation purpose:
(1)Full names
(2)private phone number
(3)current residential address
(4)Occupation
(5)Age and Sex.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Note: please reply to my personal email
Email: jerryntai1990@qatar.io

Kind Regards,
Mr. Jerry Ntai

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