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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 PAUL SMITH <mseivewright@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrpaul1960@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:50:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good Day My good friend,


Good Day,
Zenith Bank Plc.
www.zenithbank.com
Zenith Bank Plc.

With close inquiries made about you, I believe you can handle this matter. I humbly seek your assistance in a matter that needs out most trust and confidence. I am Mr. Paul Smith, (MBA, and ACIS) and I am the bank manager of Zenith bank.
 
There is an account in my bank that has not been updated in the last  nine years and it has the sum of $7,000,000.00 usd.This money has no beneficiary and severe investigations show that the account belongs to a foreign company belonging to Mr. Morris Thompson. Who died a couple of years ago? Right now, I am willing to give you 30% of the total sum as your own share if the money is transferred into your account. The nature of your business is not relevant for the success of this transaction.

I have taken all necessary precautions to make sure that the transaction is 100% risk free and it is believed that this transaction will be completed within seven working days.I require you to send me your private email address, phone and fax number for an easy and well secured communication. Please you must keep this transaction secret at all times until you have received the fund in your account. You may also go through our banking online site through(www.zenithbank.com) to check out my profile there and everything about my bank. When you log on the website,you click on about us and after that, you scroll down to your left and have a click on management team and I am very sure that you will get to the page and have a look on our management team and me in personal.
 
Please do send to me your information?s as stated below:
 
Full Name.......................... ......
Contact Address....................... ...
You?re State......................... ....
Your Country....................... ......
Zip Code.......................... .......
Gender........................ ...........
Your Age........................... ......
Date of Birth......................... ...
Occupation.................... ...........
Phone number........................ .....
Mobile phone......................... ....
Fax........................... ...........
E-mail........................ ...........
 
Please ensure to contact me on this my private email address(mrpaul1960@hotmail.com) for more details.
 
I assure and promise to give you 30% of this fund,
 
Waiting for your reply,
 
Thanks,
 
Paul Smith






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