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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.richards frank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richards.frank31@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:55:17 -0700
Subject: DID YOU RECEIVE MY MESSAGE THANKS

Good Day
I am Mr.Richard Frank, Branch Manager National Bank of London (UK) married with two children. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.

An American/ Foreign Oil Consultant /Contractor with the Chevron Petroleum Corporation Company , made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, Valued at US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million Dollars) in my branch upon maturity. I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Martin Greenberg, died in the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the website
http://www.prestige-consulting.co.za//images/stories/chevron/

below:
NAME:
YOUR ADDRESS:
YOUR AGE:
OCCUPATION:
YOUR GENDER
PHONE NUMBER:
CONUTRY :

NB: Contact me on my private email: i201487@yahoo.com.tw
Regards

Mr.richards frank
i201487@yahoo.com.tw

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