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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: "J C Mark" <fidelitybank@wss-id.org>
Reply-To: jmark599@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:16:05 -0300 (ART)
Subject: RE MARK

My dear friend.
16/07/2014

Confidentially I will like to use this mail to solicit your partnership to
pull out some money from my Bank, my name is Mr. James Mark, I am the
branch manager of Fidelity Bank Plc here in Maiduguri, my branch is
located at (12 KIRI KASAMMA STREET, MAIDUGURI)

I had a customer by name Mr. Karl Nicholas Reinhardt an Australian
National, he is an Independent oil marketer here in Borno state.
He has a balance deposit of three Million American dollars (USD3M) in his
domiciliary account with my bank before he was kidnapped six months ago
along with two Britons by the radical Islamic sect (BOKO HARAM).

Unfortunately he was killed last week in an attempted rescue operation
carried out by our local military personnel together with British Special
Forces, I will like to release this money to you Immediately as the next
of kin to Mr. Reinhardt or else this money will definitely become dormant
and my Bank Management
will convert it.

I will release this money to you through our foreign affiliated bank on
condition of 70% to me and 30% to you, please if you’re interested in this
offer, kindly and quietly get back to me, I will also oblige you to treat
this mail very confidential. As soon as we come to terms I will process
all the necessary papers to move the money to our affiliated bank oversea
where it will be released to you for security sake, your assignment in
this transaction is to receive the money as the next of kin to Mr.
Reinhardt, I can assure you that there is no risk of any kind in this
transaction as long as you maintain to our agreed terms, but we have to
conclude the transaction ASAP, because i will want the payment to form
part of my next quarterly report to my bank board.

Your faithfully

Mr. James C. Mark
Branch Manager ( Maiduguri )
Fidelity Bank Plc

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