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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. FRANCISCO MARK ESQ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <franciscomkesq@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:55:54 -0600
Subject: FROM MR. FRANCISCO MARK (I NEED YOUR HONEST ASSISTANCE).

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the season to you,
I know we have not met before, but my proposal calls for an emergency alert which gives me no room for much protocol but to hit directly. My name is Barr. Francisco Mark (Esq.) of Francisco Mark Chambers & Associates. There is a client of mine, a Syrian who was killed along with his family during the Syrian protest against the Government. His name is Dr. Farid Barakat Ziadeh from Allepo District in Syria, an oil business magnate who worked for National Oil Corporation in Syria for many years until his death.

Before his death during the civil war in Syria , he deposited two trunk box containing the sum of USD $7.8Million (Seven Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and 3000 Carats of Uncut Diamond known to me in July 17th 2010, in a confided Safe Security Company here in Spain . Recently as I was checking his documents file with me in my office and from my enquiries and investigations from the Safe Security Company, I discovered that he has no next of kin registered to claim this consignment due to some high co-operate security secrecy surrounding the consignment.

Furthermore, it is also unknown to the Safe Security Company the real content of the deposited consignment with them as cash; he did not declared the content of the two boxes as foreign currency but as Diplomatic Documents and Confidential Co-operate Treasure/ Valuable documents which we must uphold in the process of filling the claim of this consignment. As his representing legal adviser and the only legal person who knows the Safe Security Company, I have in my custody all the legal deposit documents that cover this deposit which I will immediately use your personal details to replace it as the next of kin and business co-operate to late Dr. Farid Barakat Ziadeh.

Upon receipt of your response, I will immediately tender to the Security Company a letter of claim informing them to immediate release the deposited consignment in your name as the heir inheritor/next of kin and business co-operate to late Dr. Farid Barakat Ziadeh. Therefore, to make this effective, I required that you forward to me your full contact details, such as

1) Your Full Names:
2) Your direct phone/Fax Numbers:
3) Your Age and Sex:
4) Your Occupations:
5) Your Religion:
6) Your Date of birth:
7) Your Contact address:

On your arrival in Spain we will move the fund to one of the reputable bank here in Madrid for onward transfer to your designated bank account outside Spain. I want you to also maintain absolute secrecy and confidential of this message as a matured business person with high confidential integrity. If you are not capable of handling this fund, do not disclose it to any other person as this is very important and to be kept confidential and once in a life time business opportunity comes and to be handle with wisdom.

We will discuss on sharing percentage as soon as I hear from you via email of telephone Thanks.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Francisco Mark
Dir. Tel: +34 -602-690-536
Email: franciscomarkesq@datafull.com
Alternative: franciscomarkesq@hotmail.es

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St Clare's College McMillan Crescent Griffith ACT Phone: +61 2 6260 9400
http://www.stclaresc.act.edu.au

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