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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: frank edward <edwardfrank412@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:18:26 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Edward Frank/Information Needed To Proceed To The Bank


Dear Sir,
I am very happy to receive your reply concerning your interest to assist me into this transaction although i am very convince of what you said in your mail concerning the geniue of this transaction because the world is full of promise and fail i want to inform you that you are not going to spend any money in this transaction the only thing i need from you is your banking information where you want this fund to be transfered with your full name and address to enable me submitte them to the bank for ownward transfer.

May be you have being receiving such letter for assistance but i want to assure you that this is not a joke for that reason i will forward to you every documents concerning this deposit in the bank for you to contact the bank and verify the existence of this fund.

I know you might find it very difficualt to understand me over my request but it was because of the condition i found my self as a resault of my parent death. Could you please anounce to me the type of investment in which you will like to invest this fund in your country.

Best Regards.
Edward Frank.


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