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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: martinkume101@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:06:09 -0300
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN BENIN.




DESK OF BARRISTER JERRY MIKE ESQ.NO 12 JUNQUE COTONOU.REPUBLIC DU BENIN.DATE
10TH APRIL 2007.Dear Friend,Longest time, i hope all is well together with
your family,if so glory be to God almighty.Well,Sorry to hear this news and
understand that thefault is not from me.I'm happy to inform you about my
success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from paraguay.





Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of total
sum.meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
intransferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.





Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Mr Obumneme Ifeadigo on
hise-mail address stated below:----------(obumneme_ifeadigo2000@yahoo.fr) Tel
+229-930-175-04. Ask him to send you the total Amount of $850,000 us
dollars (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) which i kept for
your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and
get in touched with my secretary Mr Obumneme Ifeadigo and instruct him 
where to send the check and send him your contact  information like home
address  and phone number so that he will submit it to the courier
company where i directed him for the check to be sent to your designated
address without any delay.





Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time ok, In the moment, Im very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner 
are having at hand,finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to instruct the courier company to send the check to
you as soon as you send your details information without delay, so feel
free to get in touch with Mr Obumneme Ifeadigo he will inform courier to send
the check immediately to you without any delay as i instructed him to do.





Thank you and may God Bless you.Best Regards,Barr Jerry  Mike.


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Microcamp

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