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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: General Mark <genmark92@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:58:18 +0000
Subject: NOTE


I'm Gen. Jack Mark.
United Nations Association of the UK
3 Whitehall Court
London. SW1A 2EL,

I
apologize to you for any inconveniences caused if this mail does not
meet your demands, though I do not intend to embarrass you by the
contents of this very mail. My name is Gen. Jack Mark, I am a director
in charge of United Nation that was appointed for the dispatching of
foods and drugs to the Syrian citizen that were refugee in these
countries , Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq / Kurdistan, Algeria,
Iraq, Armenia. I will like to have a deal together with you if only you
will be able to keep it secret between you and my self till the end.

I
secure a sum of (10M Euros) from my service and I want to move this
Money out from where it was deposited. This Money I can not keep it in
my private account because of security reason. So if you can handle this
deal together with me please do not hesitate to respond to this mail so
that I will give you the full detailed information's on how this Money
will be sent to you and at the same time to tell you what will be your
percentage. I wait to read from you.


Faithfully yours

Gen. Jack Mark.


NOTE:-


This
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If you are not the intended recipient or have received it in error,
please notify the sender and delete it immediately from your system. If
you are not the intended recipient, you must not forward it or copy or
disclose its contents to any other person. E-mail communication systems
are not secure and therefore the sender does not accept responsibility
for the contents of this message. Due to the risks of the e-mail
communication systems, the security and integrity of messages may not be
protected or messages may contain viruses. Although this message and
contents are scanned for known viruses, the sender does not warrant that
it is virus-free or does not accept any liability for any damage caused
to your system by any virus transmitted by this message.


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