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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: MOHAMED DANJUMA <mohameddanjuma1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 23:43:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VERY URGENT


Attn: Jarman Adlermacher,

Thanks for your email response, I really appreciate all you said. I can swear to you million time with the holy Quoran that nothing will go wrong, you should not think about that ok. I am a man of intergrity, i am 67 years old with Four kids, two boys and two girls. I am too old to hurt someone's feeling, I won't do something that Almighty Allah will use to purnish me, you should remove your mind in regards to any problem, everything will work out fine.

I am a very simple man by nature, I prefer reading my Quoran everytime, just get your self ready as soon I get the Affidavit of Claim I will send it to the bank for final conclusion, I will also send you a copy of it. The bank will call you to demand the code before they will proceed for the transfer. The lawyer called me today that the document will be ready tomorrow, please send your account information so that the Lawyer will take it to the court for registering and normalization, your new account will be used to replace the formal one given by Mrs. Janet White in the court. Please endeavour to send your address, phone number, occupation and your fullname, I already know that your is Jarman Adlermacher, but you have to include it in the information you are sending to me, without this information the lawyer won't do anything about the document. I told you in my previous mail that we are paying the lawyer $3,850 to get everything done properly.

I await for your urgent response,

Mohamed Danjuma





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