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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: Mark Dike <markdike@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <markdike002@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:31:15 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS AND REPLY BACK


Dear Friend,
Iam Mr.Mark Dike a banker, and an account officer to late Andreas Schranner a German property magnate who came to Nigeria with Julius Berger construction company in 1997, he was a successful business mogul but died in Concord AF4590 crash in the year 2000 along side with his entire family,Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet.

Please log on here to see for your self,

www//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I need your assistance in transferring the money he deposited in our bank valued US$70M to your country which will be of mutual benefit to both of us and it will be shared between two of us,40% will be for you, 50% will be for me ,while 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the process of transfer on both sides.

Send your following information’s for us to proceed:
1. Your names in full:
2. Your home/office address
3. Your mobile phone number and land phone number.
4. Your age and occupation
Respond back to me if you are interested through any of the below emails:
Email: markdike002@yahoo.co.jp
Email: markdike001@yahoo.co.jp

Yours faithfully,

Mark Dike
Fidelity Bank


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