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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: "tunde" <engkelvin@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 23:40:18 -0500 (EST)
Subject: thanks for your concern


Dear Madras, Compliment of the season,thanks for your good concern,this is not a scam email, l know you will ask a good question concerning the situation i told you about, l want to do this because of the my present situation now,is the truth and nothing but the truth, l need your assist base on my present situation , l only need a person who is trust worthy so that my money will not be lost. Hope to hear from you.REGARDSKELVIN

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