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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: "Barr Martins Uche" <barristemartinsuche@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mshawn184@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:12:58 -0500
Subject: Stop contacting those fraudsters.


Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO YO Good day, I am Ms Lisa Meditz, a US citize=
n, Am 36 years old. I am one of those people that took part in receiving In=
heritance funds and Lottery funds from European banks even from many lotter=
y organizers few years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid different=
fees while in the United States trying to get my funds from those banks an=
d lottery organizers but all to no avail. So I decided to travel to Nigeria=
with all my compensation documents, and I was directed by the IMF Director=
to contact the reconciliatory Attorney William Workman who is an attorney,=
A British citizen and a member of the UNITED NATIONS & IMF COMPENSATION AW=
ARD COMMITTEE currently working with IMF in the Nigeria and I contacted him=
and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us throug=
h emails are fake. Attorney William Workman personally directed me on how t=
o claim my Inheritance or Lottery payment. Right now I have received my com=
pensation funds of $1,500,000.00 Moreover, Mark shawn, showed me the full i=
nformation of those that are yet to receive their Inheritance or Lottery pa=
yment and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email addre=
ss, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, t=
hey are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will p=
ersonally advise you to contact mark shawn, he will assist you as he is a v=
ery religious man with the fear of God. Compensation Award Office. Name: At=
torney Mark Shawn Email:mshawn184@gmail.com Listed below are the name of fr=
audsters and banks behind the non release of your funds that I managed to s=
neak out for your kind perusal. 1) Mr. James B. Comey Jr 2) RobRobert S. Mu=
eller, III 3) Mr Ban Ki-moon 4) Ms. Carman L. Lapointe 5) Mr. Ibrahim Lamor=
de 6) Mr. Dan Rochas (I.M.F) 7) Mr Jim Ovia: Zenith Bank Plc In Nigeria 8) =
Dr Godwin Emefiele 9) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi 10) Mr Danny Blessed 11) Micheal=
Edward 12) Miss Donna Gwen 13) Mrs. Sherry Williams 14) Mr Wilson Norman 1=
5) Ms Becky Donald 16) Mrs. Rachael Adams 17) Mr. Wood Gates 18) Mr. Mark R=
uben 19) Mr Daniel Albert 20) Mr Thomas Benenard You really have to stop de=
aling with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your f=
und is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advan=
tage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money=
I paid after I met Attorney mark shawn,it was just $245 for the Endorsemen=
t Fee, take note of that. Thank You and Be Blessed. Ms Lisa Meditz lisamedi=
tz2008@brew-meister.com 26516 Bayfair Drive, Olmsted Falls, Ohio, 44138, Un=
ited States +1-(440) 782-6603

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