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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: "F Dickson" <dickson011@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:32:38 +0000
Subject: Do not wait, earn $80 and a lot more daily for a one-time registration!

Hi,
You may be a member of an Autosurf site or HYIP site, but can you boldly
say you earn $100 daily? The answer is No. Even if you do, you must have
invested a fortune.

With http://www.twodollarsbiz.com/?ref=134 you can be sure of $80 daily paid
into your egold account directly. The money will come to you as $1 or $2,
but at the end of the day, when you check your egold account, you will find
up to $100 or more in it. It is a simple and straightforward program with
transparency and honesty. And the best of all, you only require $5 to
register to start earning. Nothing else, nothing more. Your account will
remain for as long as you want it to be, meaning that your earnings will
continue coming to you for as long as your account exists.

The registration process is directly straightforward:

You will pay the member who refers you $1. That payment is made directly
into the egold account. You will then pay a member, picked at random, $2.
And finally, you will pay the admin of twodollarsbiz.com $2 then your
account will be created instantly for others to start paying you almost
immediately. The whole process is easy to follow. If you have any problem
along the way, which I doubt, twodollarsbiz.com has wonderful support team
that will respond to your questions promptly.

Why not try this program, you have nothing to loose. Your account will last
as long as you want. Please don’t forget to use my url to register so that I
can earn the $1 you are going to pay to the person who refers you.

If you have any doubt or questions, please contact me with my email address
or contact the admin of twodollarsbiz.com.

Best wishes

Deorough Dickson
http://www.twodollarsbiz.com/?ref=134

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