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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.Patrick Joseph" <mrpatrick045@o2.pl>
Reply-To: mrpatrickj045@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:30:05 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Greetings From Mr.Patrick Joseph




Greetings From Mr.Patrick Joseph,



Dear Sir/Madam,



How are you my friend. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($13.5m) only to your account within 5 or 7 banking days. The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going to follow my instructions till the fund is transferred to your account.



Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned while 60% will be for me, Keep it a secret and sending the below information



(1) Full name.,(2) Your private telephone and Fax numbers.,(3) Country and Occupations.,(4) Date Of Birth.,(5) Present Location.,(6) Your company's name and full address.



Thanks,

Mr.Patrick Joseph

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