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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.Johnson Brown" <mrjohnsonbrow11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjohnsonbrown83@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:00:46 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENCIALMENTE, TRUSTEE RESPONDER URGENTEMENTE.



Cariño

Yo soy el Sr. Johnson Brown, el auditor General y jefe del Departamento de
computación de nuestro banco. Tengo negocio urgente y confidencial para ti.
Tengo entendido que Internet no es la mejor manera de vincularse con usted
debido a la confidencialidad que exige la transacción. He descubierto
una cuenta
inactiva en mi oficina; esta cuenta ha estado inactiva y no ha sido operada
durante los últimos años. De mis investigaciones y confirmaciones, el dueño de
esta cuenta, un extranjero por nombre Engr. M. B. Thompson, quien
murió en julio
de 2008 y desde entonces nadie ha hecho nada en lo que respecta a la
reivindicación de este fondos porque no tiene miembros de la familia que son
conscientes de la existencia de la cuenta ni los fondos.

Será mi interés para transferir este fondo vale la pena 18,000,000.00 £ (GBP)
millones de libras británicas a una cuenta de administrador fiable en el
extranjero. Esta transacción es totalmente libre de riesgo, como el fondo es
legítima y no originan de drogas, lavado de dinero, terrorismo o
cualquier otro
acto ilegal. Si podría interesarle para ser un colaborador para este efecto,
entonces amablemente me detalles con tu nombre completo, edad, ocupación,
dirección de correo electrónico privado, número de teléfono móvil y
etc. Prometo
que sus datos personales están en buenas manos y nunca serán expuestos a
cualquier transacción que será detrimento de nuestra imagen. Prometo
tener 50/50
relación compartiendo con usted al finalizar transferencia y estaré
dispuesto a
suministrarle información más detallada sobre esta transacción al tener la
seguridad y confianza para trabajar conmigo en la sinceridad y tratar esta
transacción confidencialmente.

Respetuosamente,

El Sr. Johnson Brown
Correo electrónico: johnsonbrown_1n@live.com
B.P: 7296 Assivito


My Dear,

I am Mr. Johnson Brown, the General auditor and head of computing
department of
our bank. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. I
understand that Internet is not the best way to link up with you
because of the
confidentiality which the transaction demands. I discovered a dormant
account in
my office; this account has been dormant and has not been operated for
the past
few years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this
account,
a foreigner by name Engr. M. B. Thompson, who died in July, 2008 and
since then
nobody has done anything as regards to the claiming of this funds
because he has
no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the
account nor the
funds.

It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth £18,000,000.00 (GBP)
million British Pound to a reliable trustee account offshore. This transaction
is totally free of risk and as the fund is legitimate and does not originate
from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. If it might
interest you to be a collaborator to this effect, then kindly details me with
your full name, age, occupation, private e-mail address, mobile number
and etc.
I promise that your personal data are in safe hands and will never be
exposed to
any transactions that will detriment our image. I promise to have
50/50 sharing
ratio with you on transfer completion and I shall be willing to supply
you with
more detailed information concerning this transaction upon having your
assurance
and confident to work with me in sincerity and treating this transaction
confidentially.

Respectfully,
Mr. Johnson Brown
E-mail: johnsonbrown_1n@live.com
B.P: 7296 Assivito

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