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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 Watson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnwaston170@mailbox.hu>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:18:53 +0200
Subject: PARTNERSHIP REQUEST


Dear Friend,

My Name is John Watson the General Manager Accounting of Chevron oil Producing Nigeria, I contacted so that you should stand as my foreign partner on the claim and joint utilization of this fund that is lying unclaimed in the domiciliary account of a foreigner contractor of this organization that died of cardiac arrest in United Kingdom.

This amount of Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is supposed to be transferred into your account for our mutual benefit, so to enable the lawyer whom we have secured his legal services to start processing all the documents that will make you eligible to stand for this claim, you are required to send to me the below

details:
Your name in full.
Your residential Address in full.
Your Mobile (Cell) telephone number.



johnwaston170@gmail.com
Tel/Fax Number

Brief information on your profile, this should include your age, marital status and nature of Job.As soon as i receive the above, i will tell you what to do next.

Sincerely,
John Watson

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