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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: "EURO MILLIONES" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:10:44 +0200
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE HIGLY NEEDED.

Dear Friend,

My Name is Mr. Luis Martin. I am a Banker by profession with experience of over 17 years now.

However, my reason for contacting you is purely on secret business deal, to transfer an abandoned €18.5 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) to your foreign account.

This money has been unclaimed since 13 years in our Bank. The owner of this fund is a foreigner, who died since August, 1997 with his Next Of Kin. If you are interested kindly get back to me with your full information’s below for more details

YOUR NAME :

YOUR RESIDENCE ADDRESS :

GENDER :

AGE:

OCCUPATION:

PHONE,MOBILE AND FAX NUMBER :

PRESENT COUNTRY:


I will be waiting for your kind response.

Best regards

Mr. Luis Matin.

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