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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: ''TRACY CLARK''<tracyclarkmg@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:04:57 +0600
Subject: Take This Money


PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND. =

My name is Tracy Clark, from USA; i was working with Bank of Nepal foreign=
remittance department, until the tragic Earthquake that happened earlier t=
his year, so i left Nepal back to USA. But there this man, Mr. Farooq JId, =
who was my client, i was his Account manager and account care taker. But un=
fortunately Mr. Farooq Jid died on the Earthquake disaster. Mr. Farooq has =
800,000dollars on his account; because he was into export and import busine=
ss in Nepal he was very rich. during all this time he has never provided A =
next of kin who will inherit his wealth when he's dead, and now he's dead h=
e doesn't have any next kin to take his 800,000dollars. and now all the mon=
ey is on my custody as his account manager. I saw your Email ID online when=
i was browsing so i decided to contact you if you will be interested to do=
this deal and act as next of kin, then we can proceed with the process and=
i will bring the cash to you in your country, and when i meet you any amou=
nt u wish you can give to me for appreciation. Sir/Madan i dont know who yo=
u are, but my heart tell me to send the message to you, maybe Allah want to=
bless you on this EID-UL-FITR festival. This is very easy and simple and=
risk free, because i am the account manager and who ever i present as next=
of kin is accepted and the bank will transfer the fund to your account. is=
not a must that you must be from Nepal even if you are from Bangladesh, In=
dia, Sri-lanker or Pakistan that is not an issue. I can handle everything =
perfectly; this money is ready now to be delivered to you in cash to your h=
ome within tomorrow or next. If you are interested, reply now so that i wil=
l forward you the procedure, and we can finish process and I will come to y=
our country to meet you and deliver the cash to you, when I deliver the cas=
h to you, then you can give any amount you wish to give me. But I must tell=
you; this is illegal deal, so I must advice you to keep everything secret =
until i deliver this fund to you. This is a very special matured deal, You =
must learn to act matured on this deal, $8million dollars is not a small ca=
sh, i swear in the name of Almighty Allah if we finish this deal within the=
se 3days, your life will never be the same again, you will be more richer f=
orever.
we have to do everything very fast so that my Bank will not understand what=
is happening ok.
By the grace of Allah i will do everything perfectly, but you follow all my=
instructions until i meet you and deliver this cash to you,
Please don't even tell your wife or husband or child or parents, you must n=
ot tell anyone this, this must be a strong secret between you and I
So if you are not interested on this please kindly ignore this message, but=
if you are really interested, reply me now so we can proceed
So if you are interested reply me now so we can proceed.

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