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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: "Senator Udoma Udoma" <senatorudomaudoma@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: senatorudomaudoma@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:43:08 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU DO IT?




 

DEAR SIR/MADAM.

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. I AM SENATOR UDOMA UDOMA,A PERSONAL FRIEND TO  THE FORMER LIBERIA PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR. WHO WAS  LIVING IN MY COUNTRY HOME CALABAR BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED AND TOOK TO WORLD COURT NOW FACING TRIAL.
 
PLEASE  I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE FOR HIS FAMILY TO MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE. THE FUND IS  ALREADY IN AMERICA WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS WITH THE HELP OF AN UNDERCOVER AGENT  BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS TEN MILLION  U.S DOLLARS, BUT THE AGEN TDOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY .

ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS GIVE ME YOUR MAILING ADDRESS,YOUR PRIVATE PHONE  FAX, YOUR COMPANYS NAME WITH ADDRESS ALSO COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENCE WITH  OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME .

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

SENATOR UDOMA UDOMA

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