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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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Fraud email example:

From: mbpartner@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 05:17:34 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?your=20urgent=20reply=20is=20needed=20friend?=

From The Desk of :Martin M.Brown
DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES,
LAGOS.

PLS REPLY ME ON ;mbpartner1@indiatimes.com

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

DEAR FRIEND,

TRANSFER OF US$45.5 MILLION INTO A PERSONAL/COMPANY'S
OFFSHORE ACCOUNT
Based on the information gathered from the Ministry of
Trade and
Industry,we intend to solicit your assistance on this
transaction with
you on the assumption that you will not disappoint us.
We have Forty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars
(US$45,500,000.00) which we made over time from over
inflated contracts
in my Ministry (Federal Ministry of Health and Social
Services).
We are seeking your assistance and permission to remit
this amount into
your account or any other nominated account you can
provide for us. Your
commission will be 20% of the total sum, 10% for
expenses and the
remaining 70% is for my colleagues and myself.
Could you please notify me of your acceptance to carry
out this
transaction urgently by e-mail only on the receipt of
this message.
Kindly, acknowledge the receipt of this letter by
sending to me by email
a copy of this letter with your private Tel. And Fax
number. I shall in
turn inform you of the modalities for a formal
application to secure the
necessary approvals for the immediate release of this
fund into your
account.
Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Martin M.Brown
NB;PLS REPLY ME ON ;mbpartner1@indiatimes.com









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