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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: "Joanne f. Karkour " <jfk000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mabucaholdings@live.com
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 05:00:18 -0700
Subject: urgent assistance need

Dear Friend,
I know this email come to you as a surprise, due to an unforeseen
circumstance that I encountered. Few days back I made an unannounced trip to
Istanbul, Turkey for a funeral service of my good old friend Dr Palo.
Everything was good not until last night unfortunately for me on my way back
to the hotel, I was mugged by some unknown armed men and sustained some
injuries. They Stole all my cash, credit cards and phones but thank God I
still have passport. I have not been able to reach any one due to the fact
that I misplaced my phone,credit card and some valuable document during the
incident, I have contacted the embassy but to no avail have they done
anything to assist me.
I am presently in a private hospital, due to the injuries I sustained.I
need your urgent assistance financially.all I need presently is some funds
to enable me reschedule my flight and then sort out the medical and hotel
bills to enable me get back home, Please I need your assistance financially,
Do you think there's anyway you can loan me $1,950(USD). I assure to
reimburse
the money with interest of $195 as soon as i return home. You can get the
funds transferred to me through western union, Western Union Transfer is the
fastest option to wire funds to me. Let me know if you need my details(Full
names/location) to effect a transfer. You can reach me via email.
Best regards

--
j.

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