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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: "Mr, Paul Tambo" <abcd5@me.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:43:35 -0800
Subject: Hello, I am a Manager/Auditor of a bank. A client of mine died in
2003, Kenya plane crash and he has a lodgment fund of US$17.7M. And no one
knows about the funds,If you are interested to help me claim it,
forward your names and cell Phone/fax, profession,
age and country so I can contact you on. My client name is Dr. George Brumley,
you can confirm.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/21/Worldandnation/12_Americans_die_in_K.shtml
Thank You Mr, T.Paul


Hello,
I am a Manager/Auditor of a bank. A client of mine died in 2003, Kenya plane crash and he has a lodgment fund of US$17.7M. And no one knows about the funds,If you are interested to help me claim it, forward your names and cell Phone/fax, profession, age and country so I can contact you on. My client name is Dr. George Brumley, you can confirm. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/21/Worldandnation/12_Americans_die_in_K.shtml
Thank You
Mr, T.Paul

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