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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: Free Electricity<roz8888@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:40 +0200
Subject: Long Kept Secret For Generating Free Electricity

Thank you are receiving this email because you opted in to receive offers from FREE LEADS/FFA/ Triple your list, SImple Leads
To unsubscribe, please send a blank email.
This email is CAN-SPAM compliant.
=================================
Have you found yourself frustrated due to the ever-rising power bills?
I have found myself struggling with the same problem as well,

But now, there is a solution. Did you know that you can generate your own
electric energy, using a magnetic energy generator.
It works by itself, and it produces absolutely free energy.

It's called Magniwork, visit the following link to find out more :

http://4gk.com/ENERGY/

It is getting widely popular and people are starting to massively implement
these generators, and completely eliminate their power bills.
Proceed to:

http://4gk.com/ENERGY/

Also, They're currently running a special discount, and I have never seen
Magniwork being priced so low. However, I have some 'inside' information
that this offer is only going to last for
a few days only, so you better take advantage of it, before the price goes back up

http://4gk.com/ENERGY/


p.s They're so sure that this will slash your power bill, that they're
even offering an unconditonal 60 day money back guarantee!!

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