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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: "Dr.John k.Martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <martinsjohn036@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:26:41 -0800
Subject: Dear friend

Barclays Bank PLC
28 High Street
Nottinghamshire
United kingdom
NG1 2bd


Dear friend ,


My name is John k. Martins and i am the chief officer of the Barclays bank nottingham, United kingdom .

I discovered a Sum of £16.5 Million (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) in an account that Belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Business Mogul Mr. Moises Saba Masri Billionaire, a Jew from Mexico that was a victim of a helicopter crash early 2010, killing him and family members. Saba was 46-years-old. Also in the chopper at the time of the crash was his wife, their son Avraham (Albert) and his daughter-in-law. The pilot was also dead.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £16.5 Million Pounds can be paid to you. All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.


I met Mr. saba moises in venezuela in 2008 and he created this account in my bank and informed me that he wanted to invest in real estate in the united kingdom.

I need to transfer this money from my bank to your bank so that we shall both share this money and i need the transfer to be done urgently .

Please, provide me the following, as we have 7 days to run it through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.- Respond through this email address;


1. Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
3. Your Contact Address:


John k.Martins

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