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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: "mary lee" <mary_lee2250@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mary_lee22@sify.com
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:05:56 -0700
Subject: UR RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED,

SILOM COMPLEX

18TH FLOOR, 191 SILOM RD.

BANGKOK 10500, THAILAND.



I AM VERY SORRY TO BORE YOU DOWN WITH THIS. FIRSTLY, I AM MRS MARY LEE CHUNG
FRM HONG KONG. MY HUSBAND WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO STEAL HIS $14M DOLLARS THESE KILLERS WANTED TO GET RID OF ME TO
SECURE THE PAPERS FOR THE CLAIM OF THIS MONEY BUT I WENT INTO HIDDING.



I NEED YOU TO HELP ME TO TAKE THIS MONEY FROM EUROPE AND SAFE GUARD IT FOR
ME. I AM WILLING TO REWARD YOU WITH 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM, IF THIS PROPOSAL
INTEREST YOU, PLS U ARE URGENTLY ADVISED TO CONTACT MY ATTORNEY BARR. FRED
COLLINS ON HIS EMAIL: fredcollins@lawyer.com TO HANDOVER THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS
ENABLING YOU GO FOR THE CLAIMS.



YOUR TELEPHONE , FAX NUMBER & MAILING WILL BE REQUIRED.



UR RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED,

URS SINCERELY

MARYLEE CHUNG


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