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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: "Dr. John Parker" <dr.nram2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:32:37 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT (REPLY BACK)


Dear Friend,







I would like to seek your help in a business
transaction; I am Dr. John Parker, I'm a British citizen. I work with a bank as Director of Bills and Foreign
Exchange.







Here in our bank there is an existing dormant account
for the past 9 years which belong to a late customer (Gene Billings) who
died on Egypt Air Flight 990.







When I discovered that there had
been no deposits or withdrawals from this account for this long period, I
decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that, none
of his family member or relation is aware of this account.







Now, I
want an account overseas where the bank will transfer these funds.
Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this
account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months, I have
worked out everything to ensure
a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much at the moment and
plus all the accumulated Interest the balance in



this account stands at (US$25.7 MILLION).







If
you can cooperate with me in this transfer, consider this and get back
to me as soon as possible. Finally, it is my humble prayer that the
information as contained herein been accorded the necessary attention.
PLEASE DROP YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER TO ENABLE ME CALL YOU.







Best Regards,



Dr. John Parker.

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