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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: "07461376 05236985" <julatmarck@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:03:49 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PLEASE ASSIST ME


DEAREST ONE,

I KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT SOUND SO STRANGE TO YOU SINCE WE HAVE NOT MET BEFORE.

BUT LET ME QUICKLY INTRODUCE MYSELF, I AM MISS JULAT MARCK

I AM 21 YEARS OLD MY FATHER WAS A GREAT POLITITIAN AND AN COCOA MARCHANT BUT TODAY AS I AM WRITING TO YOU MY FATHER IS DEAD, MY FATHER DIED WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO POLITICAL RALLEY

BUT BEFORE HIS DEATH HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $8.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN COTE D'IVORE. HE DEPOSITED THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AS FAMILY VALUEABLE PROPERTY IN A BOX. THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT CONTAINS MONEY.

NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:-
1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME AS YOUR DAUGHTER?
2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?
3. I SHALL OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR EFFORT INPUT TOWARDS ASSISTING ME

SO I WANT A GOD FEARING PERSON THAT I CAN TRUST WHO WILL NOT BETRAY ME WHEN THE MONEY IS THERE TO HELP ME RETREIVE THIS BOX AND TAKEN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT. SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON HOW TO RETRIEVE THIS BOX FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY.


YOURS SINCERELY,

JULAT MARCK

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