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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: Mbeki Martins <mbekimartins2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 11:05:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Mbeki Martins


Dear Amarjit Singh,

I am still waiting to hear from you in regards to my last email to you, please update me so that i will give to you further details of the transaction. I want you to note that we have wasted alot of time in this transaction without getting things moving forward, so you have to be fast and get back to me so that we will have concluded at once without much delay again.

Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Regards
Mr. Mbeki Martins


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