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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: Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit <mail@lewisengineering.us>
Reply-To: Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit <drmarkpenn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:06:49 -0400
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal!


Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit
Bank Of America (BOA)
Bank Of America
Email Address (drmarkpenn@gmail.com)

Confidential Business Proposal!

I am Dr MARK PENN, manager In charge of Foreign Remittance
department of Bank Of America (BOA) . I have a business
which will benefit both of us, The amount of money involved
is ($17.5 Million Dollars) which i want to transfer from an
abandoned account to your bank account; it is 100% risk
free.

Upon the conclusion of this transaction, i accept that (40%)
Forty Percent will be for you in respect of all your
assistance for this transaction and (60% ) Sixty- Percent
will be for me being the pioneer of the business.

A lot of customers open private accounts with different
Banks without the knowledge of their families and when they
die, such money will be lost to the Bank unless someone
comes to claim it. This is how a lot of Bank Directors make
so much money silently.

I will like you to provide immediately the below
information's, to enable me use it and get you next of kin
application form from my bank.

1.Full Name:........
2.Full Address:........
3.Telephone Number:......
4.Country:........
5.Occupation:..................
6.Age:.........
7.Sex:........

As soon as you reply through this private Email Address (drmarkpenn@gmail.com),I
will let you know the next steps and procedures and more
details to follow in order to finalize this transaction
immediately.

Please keep whatever you learn from me between us even if
you decide not to go along with me.

Yours faithfully,
Dr MARK PENN.

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