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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 Martins" <info@ways2capital.com>
Reply-To: "Dr.John Martins" <martinsjohn036@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:21:02 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Dear friend


Barclays Bank PLC
28 High Street
Nottinghamshire
United kingdom
NG1 2bd

Dear friend ,
My name is John k. Martins and i am the chief officer of the Barclays bank nottingham, United kingdom . I am married with 3 kids .
I wish to inform you that i need your urgent help . The sum of 16.5 million british pounds was left in my bank by the late Hugo Chavez , the former president of venezuela and i was his accounts officer until he died . I met Mr. chavez in venezuela in 2008 and he created this account in my bank and informed me that he wanted to invest in real estate in the united kingdom.
I need to transfer this money from my bank to your bank so that we shall both share this money and i need the transfer to be done urgently . Please contact me now if you can help me and send me the below details

1} Full names and address

2} Address

3} Phone number
I am waiting to hear from you now .
John k.Martins

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