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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 James Freeman" <office@masterbank.kz>
Reply-To: myrealsoul4@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 15:52:47 -0300
Subject: I would greatly appreciate your assistance


Sir/Madam, My name is Mrs.Jenni Aqui ,The contract award and monitoring co=
mmittee of the ministry of industry and international trade development ,my=
duty as empowered by the Mauritius government is to provide the basic amen=
ities, social recreational activities in urban and rural areas. This progra=
m includes assistance to deprived local communities and to co-ordinate proj=
ects and development at the national level.Furthermore,from this projects w=
ere able to realize some reasonable amount of u.s.$161.8 One Sixty one mill=
ion eight hundred thousand US. dollars only) as commission from various con=
tractors resulting from over invoicing of payment receipts/vouchers hence a=
ll the necessary approvals has been completed. These approved funds were pa=
ckaged and dispatched through a security company for onward delivery to its=
destination in Europe.The money was first deposited into a security vault =
before we arrange for its movement to Europe through diplomatic channel usi=
ng decoy purporting that the fund belongs to an expatriate/company. As we a=
re government officials, the oath of office does are not allowed us to oper=
ate foreign bank account,hence we need you to stand as the beneficiary and =
claim the fund on our behalf from the security company. Presently I am now =
in Europe to search for a reliable person/company of high integrity /dignit=
y and one with conscience who will claim this fund on our behalf as the ben=
eficiary. We have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum as commission for=
your assistance/effort and 5% will be used to settle every expenses incurr=
ed, we will use 75% to invest under your recommendation/guide and go into j=
oint venture business with you . I would greatly appreciate your assistance=
and I look forward to your response as soon as possible . Best regards, Mr=
s.Jenni Aqui=20

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