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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: "johnny" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johngoodman040@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 01:07:01 +0900
Subject: business for us

My name is Mr John Goodman,

I am a Banker in one of the reputable Bank here in my Country South Africa .
I have decided to contact you on a business proposal of $15.5M ( Fifteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ).

The depositor of the said fund died with his wife and children in an airline
crash. The deceased customer used his wife as the next of kin but
unfortunately, The wife died along side with him leaving nobody for the
claim.

According to our Banking law, If the fund remained unclaimed for a period of
ten (10) Years then the fund will be transferred into Government Reserves as
unclaimed and forfeited. So that is why I have come up with this deal to
prvent this by making a claim for the funds.

You will then present yourself as the next of kin appointed by the court (as
I will arrannge the neccessary court documents to make you next of kin) so
the Bank will then transfer the fund into your Bank account at your
request..Your percentage will be 40% while 60% will be for me.

As an insider in this Bank, I assure you that, this transaction is 100% risk
free and legal. Its success will bring your family and mine to an
everlasting relationship in future.


The transaction will take us only 10 Bank working days depending on your
swift response. If you are willing to do the transaction with me, Contact me
for more details and give me:

1) Your full names
2) Contact Telephone numbers

Mr John Goodman

Reply to: johngoodman040@yahoo.cn

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