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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: "martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <princemartinsjohnson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:46:47 +0100
Subject: Request !

Dear Friend,

Due to the urgency,i sincerely solicit your confidentiality and assure you that i am contacting you in good faith and of mutual benefit to both of us.I am Prince Martins Johnson from sierra Leone but presently in Ghana due to political problems in my country requesting your assistance for me to come to your country with my inheritance two consignment boxes containing 35,million united state dollars and raw diamond stones deposited with a security company by my father.My Father is a king but he is late now.

I have a little problem at the security company where my father deposited the two consignment boxes because of my age,i am 17 years of age and my Father had entered an agreement with the Security company that should the sudden occurrence of his death,the security company should not released the box to me unless I am 21 years of age but my foreign beneficiary. The security company will have the consignment boxes delivered to you in you country,all you have to do is for you to send me your receiving address for the two consignment boxes and a contact telephone numbers.for this help,i will give you 25% of the contents of the two consignment boxes you will received.i will like to leave with you and further my education in your country in any of the collages you can offer me.I have all the documents between my father and the security company which i can send to you via email attachment.

Yours sincerely,
Prince Martins Johnson.

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