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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: DENNIS JOHNSON <denniss_johnson@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 22:00:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: FROM DENNIS JOHNSON


  I'm Dennis Johnson the financial Manager of my bank I handle all our Investor #39 s Direct Capital Funds and extracted
1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit EMRCP per annum on each of
the Investor #39 s Marginal Capital Fund. As an expert, I have made over
US$22million from the Investor #39 s EMRCP and hereby want you to stand as an Investor to receive the fund $22million as Annual
Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund.
Meanwhile,
I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds
can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses, I will give you 30% and 70% for me. forward your detail such as: your complete name, email address, phone number, 
occupation and your address;
RegardDennis Johnson

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