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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: MARY CLEMENT <clementmy07@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:45:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Thanks very much for your mail.............


Dear Dr. Cravin D Moorhead, MD, PhD, Sc,
Thanks very much for your reply to my mail, how are you doing today, i hope that you are doing great in the Lord. I am happy after going true your mail, but I want you to understand that I am for real, I will like to please explain to me if you truely want to help me do what I said in my first mail so that I can explain more about the transaction to you and also let you know how to get this consignment from the security company here.

I am no longer interested to research for any treatment or looking for drugs because I myself have believe that the time has come, so get back to me so that I will give you the details.

Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours in the Lord.
Mrs Mary Clement.



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