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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: "Martin Lukas" <martinlukas77@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: martinlukas1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:57:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Geschaeftsvorschlag


Guten Tag


ich bitte Sie um Nachsicht für ein dringendes Geschäft.Ich bin mir sicherdas
diese Geschäft eine enorme Interesse für Sie ist und auch zu unsere Beiden
Vorteil ist.


Ich bin im Besitz einer privilegen Information über eine riesige Summe
von$18,5 millionen, die von unserem verstorbenen Kunden Herrn Dr. Peter
Hanson, in unsere Bank Filiale hinterlegt wurde.
Wir würden Sie gerne alseinen Erben einsetzen, da es in unserem Bank
Rekord keine vorhandenen Erben eingetragen sind.


Wenn Sie Interesse haben für dieses geschäften,bitten wir Sie uns eine
Antwort, wo wir Ihnen alles weitere mitteilen können.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen.


Mr.Martin Lukas


NB.Please if you understand english reply in english

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