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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: Dan Mark <charlesjohn705@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:45:09 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL - URGENT

Dear Sir,
I need your sincere help,
I want to introduce my self to you very well. My name is Dan Mark from
Liberia but now in Ghana as a refugee. I want to buy house in your country
so that i can move and live in your country. I do not want to live in
Africa again. My fathers was a very rich man in my country before he was
killed by the rebels. My late father was also a politician. My late
fathers has big Tobacco farm, and i take care of the farm. That is why i
could not attend school very well.

The time my father was alive, he deposited ( $ 10 Million U.S Dollars ) in
Ghana bank and use my name as next of kin. My father told me not to invest
in Africa because of politics matters in case of he is not around. After
the death of my father, I successfully located the money in the bank in
Ghana with the help of a lawyer, where it was deposited in an Escrow
account. My plan is i want to move to your country to invest in any good
business that you would suggest and buy nice house to live in.

I will give you 10% of the money if you agree to help me to transfer the
money into your care.Also help me buy the house and you will be my front
person, Please let me know if you can help me now or not.if you will help
me Please reply me on this my private and secured email address which is
ddmmak20@yahoo.com for more details.

Best regards,
Dan Mark.

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