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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: "Martijn Van Boomer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <martijnvanboomer@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 19:36:12 +0200
Subject: from martijn

Dear sir/madam,
I am Sorry for intruding your privacy without your knowledge, is due to my curiosity to reach you with this news of mine. I have a transaction that will need your urgent trustworthy help. My name is Martijn Van Bloomer, I work with SeaGate Security BV in the Netherlands, I have in my custody a consignment that belong to a client Mr. Gabriel Amisi Gumba an army general to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this consignment contain a worth of 20.million dollars (Twenty million Dollars in cash). I will like you to stand as the beneficiary to this consignment if you will be interested . We shall have a share ration of 60/40; I will provide all the neccesary informations to make you the beneficiary upon hearing from you, you can reply me on my private email; martijnvanboomer@gmail.com
Your quick respond will be appreciated as I wait for your responds.
Kind regards,
Martijn V.B

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