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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: jacksonopium 01 <jacksonopium01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tium01@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 02:25:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT


Dear Jung,
How are you this morning? I received your e-mail and I am happy to hear from you.First and foremost,I want you to be rest assured that you are dealing with unmitigated honest and gentle man of his time.I will never do anything that will traumatize your state of mind in this business.As long as I am concern,my major priority in every relationship is to make sure that I maintain a topmost sincererity because no business can thrive in absent of honesty.My only worry is on your own side if you will maintain the promise of straight forwardness as you enshrined in your previous mail.You should not ask the question any more about how it will work because everything have been perfectly taken care of.All I need from you is your assurance that you will not misuse the trust I am reposing in you.You should never worry as the people involve in this scheme are highly placed men in the bank who have made everything arranged for the smooth transfer of the fund into your account.Also you
should not worry about the taxes as it will be taken care of when it is the due time.You should know that secret is power and it remains one of our watch words i.e key to our success.You should not tell anybody that money is coming into your account untill when I tells you to do so.As soon as I secure all the legal binding documents that will relate you with the deceased and serve as a proof of the fund then I will come to your country as soon as the money is transfered into your account with all the whole relevant documents relating to the transfer for withdrawal and mutual sharing and investments.You should also provide me with your biography and your telephone numbers and fax numbers for easy communications.The phone number which I gave you is working only to say that it is a busy number I use to switch it off when I wish like I don't want to receive any call.You should kindly not forget to send me the required informations i.e your international passport copy and your
account informations so that we can proceed as you know that there is no time on our side.Thank you very much for your co-operations.
I will be looking farward for positive response.
Please do not forget to include your age and occupations.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr Sullivan Goldfields


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