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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: Anna Jones <annajones123@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: annajones19876@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:09:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: VERY URGENT



VERY URGENT



My Greetings To You



I'm Miss Anna Jones 23years old young girl.I humbly write to solicit for your partnership and assistance in the transfer and investment of my inheritance fund USD$3.5Million Dollars which i inherited from my late father Mr, Michael Jones who died mysteriously along with my Mother, transferred the funds into your account for business investment Please I need conviction and assurance of trust from you ok,i wait your reply



Full Name;

Contact Address;

Direct Phone Number

Occupation/fax

Age/Country of origin



Thanks



Miss Anna Jones

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