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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: mckphillips@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 04:18:19 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Belove=20One?=

GLOBAL FINANCES (UK)LIMITED.
RC1220

AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
IT A GREAT PLEASURE TO GET ACROSS TO YOU FOR A VERY PROFITABLE AND ESSENTIAL
BUSINESS PROPOSAL THOUGH I DON'T KNOW YOU NEITHER SEEN YOU BEFORE BUT I
GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY PRIVATE SEARCH. I AM THE MANAGER OF GLOBAL FINANCES
LIMITED (UK).THE INTENDED BUSINESS IS THUS, WE HAD A CUSTOMER, A FOREIGNER
CANADIAN BUSINESS MAN, RESIDENT IN LONDON. HE WAS A CONTRACTOR WITH ONE
OF THE GOVERNMENT PARASTATERS HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF US$ 25 MILLION (TWENTY
FIVE MILLION US.DOLLARS)IN OUR FINANCIAL FIRM FOR SAFE KEEPING.

BUT SADLY, HE DIED THREE YEARS BACK UNTIL TODAY NON OF HIS NEXT OF KINS
HAS COME FORWARD TO CLAIM THE MONEY.HAVING NOTICED THIS I, IN COLLABORATION
WITH ONE OTHER TOP OFFICIALS OF (GFL) HAVE COVERED HIS FILE ALL THIS WHILE.
NOW WE WANT YOU (BEING A FOREIGNER) TO BE FRONTED AS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND
WE SHALL ARRANGE WITH AN ATTORNEY THAT WILL WORK AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL
DOCUMENTS TO ATTEST TO THE CLAIM. WE WILL USE OUR POSITIONS TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE APPROVE AS ABOVE. THE WHOLE PROCEDURES WILL LAST ONLY TEN WORKING
DAYS TO GET THE FUND RETRIEVED AND TRANSFER SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT TRACE EVEN
IN FUTURE. YOUR RESPONSE IS ONLY WHAT WE WAITING FOR AS WE HAVE ARRANGED
ALL NECESSARY THINGS.AS SOON AS THIS MESSAGE COMES TO YOU, KINDLY GET BACK
TO ME INDICATING YOUR INTEREST. THEN I WILL EXPLAIN BETTER ABOUT THE DEAL
IN FULL BUT ONLY AT YOUR RESPONSE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT
WOULD MATTER TO ENSURE THAT THE DEAL IS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED. FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE WE HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AT THE END OF
THE TRANSACTION.IT IS NO RISK AND A BRIGTHING FORTUNE FOR BOTH OF US.WITH
YOUR MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION,THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR MORE
THAN 10 WORKING DAYS.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE TOWARDS THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE THROUGH E-MAIL AND LIMITED
PHONE.

PLEASE REPLY THROUGH THIS E-MAIL.
(MPHILLIPS@NY.COM )
APPRECIATE EARLIEST RESPONSE.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MARK PHILLIPS.






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