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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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Fraud email example:

From: Dr mark Favour <drmarkfavour@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:03:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: 5 billion USD joint venture




Dear Friend

My client is a politician and he have 5 billion USD in a security company here in our country he need a fund manager that can take the fund and put into investments that can bring good profit and the split is 50% 50%

you have to visit the financial instate in Brussels and he shall take you to the ING Bank and you shall pay 25,000 euro and open an escrow bank account on your names in the bank, then they will pay the fund into the bank account on your names and make it transfer to any of your bank account anywhere you want and start the fund investments project

I want you to understand that the fund is real, clean and legal, my child hood friend the owner of the fund/ MR ABRAHAM FOLEY who also was my partner in gold and diamond mining before he join politics the fund he made it from gold and diamond business and he joined politics and became personal adviser to  Ghanian president since then he sopped the business and focus on the politics matters he made his way and move the cash fund to our country here and deposited the fund in a security company.

we tried to get an investor that can come to Africa sign contract and take the fund into investments, but we could not because many people don't like to come to Africa, so we negotiate with the financial consultant who helped us move the fund into ING BANK Brussels Belgium and keep it under the bank vault, so that it can be easy to anyone that sign the contract with MR ABRAHAM to get the fund transfer.

If your ready sign the contract and return then MR ABRAHAM shall sign, and the contacts details of the consultant agency shall be sent to you then you can contact him with the copy of the signed contract and the SKR from the security company here in Benin in which the fund was move out from.

Then you meet him in Brussels and pay him 25,000 Euro then he shall take you to the bank to see the fund and open an escrow bank account in the bank then the fund can be deposit in the account with your names in the bank to make the bank make the fund transfer bank to bank and legally.

We have another options with LA CAIXA BANK SPAIN, they said that you will have to contact them and open an online escrow bank account with the bank then the fund 5 billion shall be deposited in the online escrow bank account on your names and send all details to you then you can operate your account yourself.

I hope you will understand better.
skype: gold.dust.bar.seller
drmarkfavour@yahoo.com



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