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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 Clark <johnclark41@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:17:55 +0200
Subject: hello




Dear Friend,



Greetings to you and your family, I am the Bill and Exchange manager Bank of
England (BOE) here in London Great Britain .I have a business proposal in the
tune of $6.3m,(Six Million Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars Only) and after the successful transfer. I am writing,
following the impressive information about you through African Business directory.



I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect
to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses occurred
during the business and 60% would be for me.



I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail
to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should
not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for
the transfer.



Should you be interested, please contact me so we can commence all arrangements
and i will give you more information on how we would handle this project.



Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
Following;



1. Your Full Name: ............

2. Your Phone Number: ..........

3. Your Age: ....................

4. Your Occupations: ............

5. Your Country and City: ....



Yours Faithful ,

Mr John Clark

Bill & Exchange Manager.

+447937437860

+447937437863


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