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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: "m_mccauley" <frankfred91@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: drmartinez187@live.com
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:51:45 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,
I am sorry I am writing you this mail through this medium,please pardon
me, it is due to the urgency.I am Mr Henry Bayioh a solicitor in the law
chambers of Mr. Bhadresh Gohil here in London UK.We handled financial
transactions of a Governor in one of the Africa`s richest Oil producing
states. The deals which includes properties and Investments in UK and
other places amounted to the tune of over $350m. Unfortunately, he fell
out with some people who exposed his transactions in UK and subsequently
he was arrested in UAE and extradited to UK where he was tried and jailed
for 13 years.
My senior partner, Mr. Bhadresh Gohil was also jailed for 10 years
including others who are related to the Ex-Governor. When this started,
Mr. Gohil advised that we should move some of the funds and I was able to
move just $62.7M before the police swooped on us and seized everything
including my traveling documents and placed some of us on surveillance.
I left this fund in the care of an aide of a big contact because they were
in London at that time. Now, I am pleading with you to assist me in
collecting this fund for investments which shall be managed by you based
on agreed terms and conditions.The fund was comfortably moved to Ghana and
you will be required to visit Ghana for the collection/investment in your
country.
Please do not treat this mail with levity, I hereby include a newspaper
article on the issue so that you will understand.Reply through:
drmartinez187@live.com
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/the-cashier-at-a-diy-store-who-became-745487.
As soon as i receive your response, I will furnish you with all the
necessary details.
Sincerely,
Mr Henry Bayioh


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