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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: "Global Trust Security Company." <annabell.gscompany@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnbarman1122@live.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:01:04 +0100
Subject: I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.

Top Urgent Message, Please.

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. John Barman,I am the DISPATCH OFFICIAL of Global Trust
Security Company Benin Republic. I got your information during my
search through the Internet.
It may interest you to hear that I am a Man of peace and I don't want
problem, but I do not know how you will feel about this because you
may have double mind. But I am telling you that this is real deal and
you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me. I
only hope that we can assist each other. But if you don't want this
business offer kindly forget it and I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,
as the regional DISPATCH OFFICIAL of the Global Trust Security
company, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office
in the capital city (Johannesburg , South Africa) at the end of each
year. On the course of the last year report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the DISPATCH OFFICIAL that a customer who lodge a
box of money worth the sum of [US$10,500.000.00] is late without no
beneficiary to claim the box, so ever since the box have been there
without no one to claim it. which my head office is not aware of it
and will never be aware of.

As a DISPATCH OFFICIAL of the Security Company I cannot be directly
connected to this box of fund, so this informed me of contacting you
for us to work, so that you can assist me and receive this fund for us
to SHARE. Mean While you will have 45% of the total fund,while i will
have 45% while 10% will be used for expenses.

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be delivered
directly to your home address, all I need from you is to stand claim
as the original depositor of this fund who lodged the box of money
with our branch so that my Head office can order the delivery to your
designated address.


If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very
much. As soon as I receive your response.

I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.
looking forward to your response.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,

Mr.John Barman
DISPATCH OFFICIAL:
Global Trust Security Company.

Tel:+22999043708

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