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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: Matthew Zoroma <conselhotutelar@nowtech.com.br>
Reply-To: mathew_zoro@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:44:50 -0300
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Matthew Zoroma, the secretary to the foreign remittance
director with our Bank. I know that this email will come to you as a
surprise and I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that I am about to repose on you for mutual benefits for our
families.

I need your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of ($8. 2 Million
USD) Eight million two hundred thousand United States dollars to your
account within Fourteen banking days. In my department I discovered an
abandoned sum of ($8. 2 Million USD) Eight million two hundred
thousand United States dollars in an account that belongs to one of
our foreign customer who died without any nomination of the next of
kin to the bank. Since we got information about his death, we have
been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking policies
but unfortunately for years now non of his relations has applied for
the claim.

It is on this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal
to you and seek your assistance in transferring the fund. My plan is
that the fund will be released to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a African cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I have
agreed that 50 % of this money will be for you as a foreign partner,
and 50 % would be for me. There after I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated in my transfer
proposal.

Therefore, to enable the transfer of this fund to any account you may
provide, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin
of the deceased. The bank will approve the fund to you on procedural
banking process of cash transfer. Whatever information the bank
requires concerning the fund from you will be provided by me.

On receiving your reply, I will give you details on how the business
will be executed. Please kindly contact me as soon as you receive this
proposal. Indicate your interest by providing the following
information bellow.

1. Your full name:????.
2. Your contact cell phone number:?.
3. Your residents address: ?
4. Your age:??
5. Your sex:???
6.Your occupation:???..

Thanks,
Matthew Zoroma.

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