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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: john oroma <johnoroma7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:20:40 -0800
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT...

Hello Friend, This message might meet you in utmost surprise Howevere, it's
just my urgent need for a foreign partner That made me contact you for this
transaction, My name is Mr.John Victor, i am a banker by profession and I
have packaged a That financial transaction will benefit both of us, as an
officer in my Bank, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my Head
Office in the end of each business year.

On the course of last year 2012 business report, I Discovered That my
branch in Which I am rank officer made twelve Million Two Hundred and
Twenty ThousandUnited State Dollars ($ 12,220,000.00) Which my Head Office
are not aware of and will never be aware of it. I have this fund ACCOUNT
Placed on suspension with no Beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I can
not be Directly connected to this money , this Informed we Contacting you.

Indeed I will appreciate if you can receive this money in your bank account
and get 30% of the total Funds. There are no Risks Involved Practically, it
is simple bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as
one of our customer WHO has been banking with us and the depositor of this
Funds with my branch, so That upon your request for its immediate transfer
my head Office will not hesitate to transfer to your Designated Bank
Account.

I will give you more details once i hear from you Declaring your interest
to Cooperate with me. contact me here johnvictor2@live.com

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.John Victor

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