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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: inlandrevenuetax office <inlandtaxoffice_taxoffice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:01:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR PAYMENT(AWAITING PAYMENT INFORMATION)






DEAR Nadja Osterzer,

YOU ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OUTLET CLOSE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY IN THE NAME OF OUR ACCOUNTS OFFICER.

MRS HELEN JOHNSON


Name of receiver: MRS HELEN JOHNSON
12 Ground Floor,Amburst Service,London E8 2BT,
United Kingdom.

IMMEDIATELY PAYMENT IS MADE,DO SEND US THE INFORMATION SUCH AS

SENDER'S NAME (FIRST AND LAST NAME:)
AMOUNT SENT:
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER(MTCN):


IMMEDIATELY PAYMENT IS CONFIRMED.YOUR PARCEL WILL BE RELEASED BY THIS OFFICE AND A CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE WE ALSO BE ISSUED TO THE DELIVERY AGENT,AS YOU HAVE RIGHTLY DIRECTED .

AS SOON AS PAYMENT IS CONFIRM.YOUR PARCEL SHALL BE IMMIDIATELLY RELEASED WITHOUT ANY DELAY WE SHALL BE EXPECTING A SCAN COPY OF THE PAYMENT RECIEPT ALONG SIDE YOUR PAYMENT DETAILS FOR VERIFICATION.



Regards,

LARRY MORGAN.





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