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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: "Joseph Maxwell" <josephmaxwell@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:29:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOUR ANSWER!


DEAR FRIEND,

I AM MR.JOSEPH MAXWELL. I AM PRESENTLY WORKING WITH THE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF POWER, MINES AND STEEL HERE NIGERIA. I
AND THREE OTHERS OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT
YOU SO THAT YOU CAN ASSIST US TO RECEIVE THE SUM TWENTY
FIVE POINT NINE MILLION U.S DOLLARS{25.9M}INTO YOUR
COUNTRY ON OUR BEHALF, I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE COME ACCROSS
THIS TYPE OF LETTER, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS
NO PROBLEMS.

THIS MONEY ORIGINATED FROM AN OVER INVOICED CONTRACT IN
OUR MINISTRY SOME YEARS BACK, I HAVE DEFACED AND PARKAGED
THESE MONEY IN A SECRET VAULT AWAITTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SEND IT TO A TRUSTED PERSON IN OVERSEAS VIA DIPLOMATIC
MEANS, WHO WILL NOT USE AN ADVANTAGE OVER US TO SIPHON
THIS FUND.

I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF ANYTHING BECAUSE WE HAVE PERFECTED OUR
STRACTEGIES OVER HERE FOR A HITCH FREE TRANSACTION.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND I WILL GIVE YOU MOR=
E DETAILS ABOUT THE DEAL AND HOW YOU ARE GOING TO
RECEIVE THE MONEY WHEN IT FINALLY ARRIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
MY COLLEAGUE'S EMAIL AS AN ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ID: BOX:chika2005@lycos.co=
m

BEST REGARDS,
MR.JOSEPH MAXWELL.









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