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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: "MR.JAMES MC.MARTIN" <james.mcmartin@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:12:47 -0700
Subject: DID YOU SEND MRS. LINFORD TO COME CLAIM YOUR =?UTF-8?Q?FUND=3F=3F?=

FROM DESK OF MR. JAMES MC.MARTIN
Email: james.mcmartin@ymail.com

Attention:Beneficiary,


This is to notify you that your over due fund has been gazetted to be released, via key telex transfer (KTT)-direct wire transfer to you or through any of our correspondent banks nominated by the senate committee for foreign fund transfer.
Meanwhile, a woman came to my office few days ago with a letter,claiming to be your true representative and she also said that you were dead. Here is her information for you to confirm to this office if this Woman is truly from you or not so that the federal government may not be held responsible for paying into any wrong accounts.
 
NAME: MARIE LINFORD
BANK NAME:ETRADE BANK
BANK ADDRESS: one wallstreet new york new york 10286
ACCOUNT TYPE: trade securities
ROUTING #: 256072691
ACCOUNT #: 63164540

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you.
You are requested to fill and send this information for verification purposes so that your fund valued us$10.5m (Ten million Five Houndred Thousand united state dollars) can be remitted into your nominated bank account any where. This fund is as a result of inheritance on your behalf. Information needed from you for verification are as follows:
 
1. Your name:.............
2. Your full address:...........
3. Your direct telephone ..............
4. Age/sex:..............
5. Your occupation:.........
6. Home equity yes/no............
 
As soon as we receive this, we will commence with all necessary procedures in order to remit this fund into your account. the new central bank governor, in conjunction with the federal ministry of finance (FMF)executive board of directors and the senate committee for over due fund payment have approved and accredited this apex bank with the office of the director, international remittance operations, to handle and transfer all foreign inheritance fund this final quarter payment of the fiscal year 2012.
 
However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs.Linford, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of this fund must have caused. Make sure you seized every other communication with any other office in regards to this transaction as this fund has over stayed.
 
Mr. James Mc.Martin
For: Federal Ministry Of Finance

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