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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.Frank Daniel" <euro.support2010@w.cn>
Reply-To: frankdaniel@w.cn
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:30:56 -0500
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE..


Hello,

I am Frank Daniel, I work with the European diplomatic league,packaging and
courier dept.During the air-lift of some ministerial/immune luggage
from Middle
East aboard Quota air via our head office in Europe en-route Far East, we
discovered an inclusion of additional unbranded & unlabeled luggage containing
some weighty valuables, on scanning we uncovered it was official
defaced sealed
cash laundering and I took it away.

Since it was not officially register amounts the list of the
diplomatic baggage,
I ordered it be taken out by my confidant courier, back in town on
opening it we
discovered the properly concealed faced sealed us dollars notes of $2m (two
million USA), inside the trunk is labeled "photographic equipment" maybe for
security reasons.Meanwhile I had since ordered it to be deposited with a
security fault in one of the security vaults in the city.There is no
doubt that
this shall be appropriated for our own benefit.

Therefore I am obliged to contact you to assist us in getting this luggage
contained fine tune to make it use able and handle the security
company delivery
procedures. Thereafter it will be delivered toyou from the agent as we have
agreed on the following terms;That you will be entitled to a
reasonable share of
the total money;That some fair share of the total money will be set aside for
sundry expenses;and The greater portion of the total money shall be for me and
my colleagues. If this business transaction is ok by you, you can
e-mail me and
also furnish me with your full personal information and your corresponding
mailing address to enhance easier communication and onward transfer to the
security company in Europe.

All relevant documents to back up the claim of the luggage will be
provided for
you hence we advice you to keep the entire transaction close to yourself until
you must have received the luggage contend at your end or in your bank account
please. For security reasons other modalities will Be discussed as soon as you
get back to me through my private email :frankdaniel@w.cn

Yours faithfully,

Frank Daniel.






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