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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: bank firm <facebook_live1@live.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 21:45:13 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION




Hello,
I am Mr Mark Odens, a lawyer in Cotonou Benin Republic. Mr. Joerg Szyszka a gold merchant, who was my client died as a result of lung cancer. Now I want to present you as the next of kin, to Mr. Joerg Bank so that the money left behind by Mr. Joerg can be Transferred to your account through my help. The money value of 10.5 Million (Ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars) was deposited in a bank here by Mr. Joerg before his Death on 23 November 2008.
Please send me your email address through: barr_markodens@live.com so that i can send more details to you.
Best regards,
Barrister Mark Odens. Esq.
Private line : +22967103392
NOTE: THIS MESSAGE IS NOT A SPAM MESSAGE .
This message is sent to you with authority of Facebook administration .

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