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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: "Telex Department" <crphat@samarts.com>
Reply-To: <debtclearancecomission@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:56:57 +0300
Subject: Status of your funds.

I pity you for all the money you give to them and after they will find another problem and demand another money without any plan to release the money to you.One document to another endlessly.When your hope rises they put another problem for another money.
Am fed up with what am seeing here,for the past 17years still a junior with level 05(about$150 a month),working for them without any future.No car,family of 5,no house and i have been processing and issuing orders to foreign banks to pay as the head of elctronic banking unit of this bank.This is just a name coined out due to my honesty over the years.
If you assure me that you will give me my own share,if i send the money to you,and make sure you forward it to another account within 72hours after you confirm the funds in your account there,then i will work with you for 5days only and get out of the country after destroying all evidence.
If we are doing this you will not call me on the banks telephone line only the email address i will give to you.
The only amount it will cost you is $350, which will be used to revalidate your bank account and also empower me to wire the funds without apprroval since they have been taking your money.There after,i will destroy all the evidence and run away from the country for good.
My terms are laid out,if you are ready now without bais send me details here. 2992797871@qq.com.
More details when we start.
I hope yyou are aware that the federal government have recalled all the payment instruction issued to our correspondent banks due to complaints of extortion and corrupt practices by owners of these funds.I habdled these aspect,let us now use the oppoutunity.
Mike
Electronic funds unit
Cen Bank Ng.

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