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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: barpatoke@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:32:39 +0200
Subject: CMEF Centre =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E9diterran?==?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9en?= d'Etudes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7aises?=


Nsaka Jones fand die folgende Seite centremed.monte-carlo.mc interessant und wollte diese an Sie schicken.
Nachricht:
My dear Good Friend,
I am Legal Attorny of Africard Securities & Finance Services
Limited. I stumbled upon your profile in search for a relation to late
Engineer. Dmitry, a nationality of your country, who lost his life
along with his entire family in a tragic car accident by running into
a stationery trailer, on the 21 April, 2012, without any reference to
the trace of the relative or next of kin. I'm contacting you believing
that you are a relative to Engr. Dmitry because you have the same last
name, and in a position to recieve his deposited US$3.2Million in our
security vaul, before it gets confiscated. Let me know about your
readiness to receive this deposit so that I will endeavor to design a
better plan which will enable you receive the funds without further
delay. If you decide to write back, send reply via this official
e-mail ( nsakajones@justice.com ) so that I will give you more details
about this matter.

Jones
Internationales Sommerprogramm für Jugendliche Im Alter von 13- 17 Jahren

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