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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DR MARK JOHN" <drjohnmarkkkk@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: drmarkjohnng@indiatimes.com
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:33:43 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE- FUNDS FOR URGENT SWIFT TRANSFER!!!




DR. MARK JOHN
Lagos-Nigeria.
225 Amodu Bello Way,
Ikeja Lagos State, Nigeria

Reply to: drmarkjohnng@indiatimes.com

Dear Sir/Madam,
I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got your
Contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy person/Company, Who
can stand confidently with me in this successful business
Arrangement.Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to
you.

I am the Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in
Nigeria . Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored on my
strong desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation in
this Transaction that would certainly boost the financial stand of both
parties involved when completed. As a matter of fact, we want to transfer
to overseas US$ 52,000.000.00 USD fifty two million Unite States Dollars
from the Oil Company's operating Bank account here in Africa, I want you
to quietly Look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and
fit to Provide
either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank A/C Immediately to
receive this money, even an empty account can serve to Receive this money,
as long as you will remain honest to me till the end Of this important
transaction, trusting in you and believing in God That you will Never let
me down either now or in the near future.

In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a Floating
fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the Bank in 1990
and since then; nobody has operated on this account again, After going
through some old
files in the records I discovered that the Money in the account was mapped
out for the refurbishment of the Oil Company's Machineries. Meanwhile, Mr.
Magnus Leon, the President of the Oil Company was the only signatory to
the account,
but unfortunately he died after a brief Illness in 1993. And no other
person knows about this account or any Thing concerning it, and the
account has no other beneficiary. And my investigation proved to me that
Mr. Magnus Leon, until his death Had wanted to siphoned that money into
his personal account in New York Hence he did not disclose the operating
devises of the account to the Board of Trustees.

I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are A
foreigner because, this money can only be approved to any foreigner Who
can present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact that Mr. Magnus Leon The
owner of this account is a foreigner, and the money can only be approved
into a foreign bank Account. Therefore, if you are capable of handling
this transaction with me, lets Make the necessary arrangement for the
hitch-free transfer of this Money to any safe bank account that you may
nominate, on a share Percentage bases. However, we shall sign a binding
agreement, to bind us together as partners in this regard.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let Me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I Am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate Your
sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities Already
mapped out for the hitch-free transfer of the money out of Africa here. I
will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting you I
need your full co-operation to make this work adequately. Upon your
Positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and Willing
to meet up with the instructions of the top bank official that is deeply
involved with me in this business, I shall commence actions Immediately to
process the payment of the money in your favor as the Beneficiary With my
influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer This money
to any reliable foreign bank account, which you can provide.

I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as Possible.

Yours truly,
DR MARK JOHN
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY
drmarkjohnng@indiatimes.com



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