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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: info@grah-optik.de
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:24:56 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?URGENT- Re: Payment?=

Private & Confidential
January 16, 2014

Good Morning, I am MBR from United States; Chairperson of the Advisory
Body on Administrative and Financial Matters, The Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW-UN joint mission in Syria).

It will interest you to know that I have nominated you as my beneficiary
to receive (€) 50, 000, 000 (Fifty Million Euro) which I intended to
keep safely in your account and or any overseas account under your
supervision.

My desire and purpose is to have you invest this (Fifty Million Euro) in
a lucrative business and retain the funds until the end of our service
here in Syria mid next years.

Please bear in mind that this is a legitimate transaction, and to enable
us discusses the details of this venture, I will want us to schedule a
one on one Webcam chat through Yahoo/ MSN Messenger or Skype (Please
provide a Skype/ MSN or Yahoo ID in a return mail and time to meet you
online today or tomorrow).

My Skype and Yahoo Messenger ID is: opcwmarybrios

If you feel disposed towards the solicited role, kindly e-mail me ONLY
at: opcwmaryrios@adm.basis-ev.eu

Thanking you in advance for your consideration to attend to my proposal.

Respectfully,
Ms. Mary B. Rios
(OPCW-UN joint mission in Syria)
e-Mail: opcwmaryrios@adm.basis-ev.eu

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