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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: "Mr Dan Murray" <pin_pin2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:10:45 -0800
Subject: Greeting From Mr Dan Murray



Greeting From Mr Dan Murray.

I found your contact address when I was searching for a
reliable person,I found it interesting and decided to
contact you for a business transaction.. Be so kind to
contact me at your earliest convenient for a possible
business deal involving money transfer of about
£8.200.000.00 (Eight Million Two hundred Thousand British
Pounds Sterling} I am presently in London working as an
investment consultant with the below bank at their offshore
department located at the Isle Of an.With your sincere
assistant and co-operation,I am determined to work this deal
out if we can do business.As at this moment,I am constrained
to issue more details about this business until your
response is received.

If you are not familiar with the above information,please
take a moment of your very busy schedules to read about it
on the internet and send me urgent reply This deal is worth
taking and highly profitable.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards,
Mr Dan Murray
Chief investment Consultant,
Dept.Of Offshore Mortgage
Services,41 East on
Street, London WC1X 0DW, UK

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