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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: willem james <willem_james@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:55:14 +0200
Subject: Good Day Dee Singleton




Good Day Dee Singleton ,
I have just received your mail, well your email address was among the selected winners, that was the reason the lottery board notified you. do forward to me your winning numbers for confirmation so as i can pass it to the processing unit for confirmation, do note that your winning numbers are your winning fund please do not make any attempt to disclose it as we are preventing you from double claiming, you can always get me contacted via my number below for any assistance.
Mr James
Claim Agent
Lottery Intercept
United Kingdom
+44 703 1898 644
+44 703 1821 485
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