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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: "MK JHONE" <mk_jhone@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:28:09 -0600
Subject: Get $2 Paid Continuously into Your Egold Account. It's real!


You received this message because you are a member of an autosurf site or
HYIP site which we are affiliated to.

Hi,

If you have an egold account and want $2 paid into the account continuously
without much effort from you, then visit
http://www.twodollarsbiz.com/?ref=38 (If you have no egold account, click
http://www.egold.com to create one).

You can be sure of earning more than $100 daily. You will also get the
opportunity to advertise your sites there.

Registration is done in three sequences and it is straightforward.
First you will pay the member who referred you $1, then you will pay a
member who is picked automatically from the pool of all registered members
$2, and finally, you will pay the admin $2 and your egold account will be
added for others to pay.

It is really simple and straightforward. Above all, the randomly picked
member is done automatically by the server so no human interference is
required. So it is absolutely honest. You can begin to earn money almost
instantly. Try it, you have nothing to loose. Your membership lasts for as
long as you want. I have been a member for some weeks and I always look
forward to the money I receive daily in my egold account. The money come in
as $2 or $1 or $2, but at the end of each day the total is more than $100.

Best regards.

Mk Jhone
http://www.twodollarsbiz.com/?ref=38


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