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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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Fraud email example:

From: peter watson <pwatsan3@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jam_col10z@yhoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:07:46 +0000
Subject: Dear friend,



Dear friend, I know this will come as surprise to you!. I am Mr Cole Employed with a bank here in London, serving in Customer Relation Department with the foreign remittance Accountant In the Bank. Dr Dolan Davis a good client of mine lost his life and that of the family in that London unforgatable bomb blast. Incidentally before his death he left a deposit of $15 Million with the bank, which I have tried to remit to any of his relation, but failed due to failure to find his relations.Now the bank has issued an ultimatum to have the fund retrieved or it will be confiscated. So my aim of writing you, is to present you as the next of kin and have the money transferred into you. You can Visit the site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4661059.stm I will like to reiterate the urgency of the situation so we need to act fast before the bank outruns us. Please have no fear for I assure you I have every document needed to make this deal which I will send to you on your positive response. Waiting in earnestly to hear from you. Do fill in your informations below:1.Name in Full2.Residential Addtress3.Mobile phone number/faxThank you Mr. James cole C.R.D. Officer+447045739124 v

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