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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: "Dr. Lazarus A. Heart," <noelmaitre@live.com>
Reply-To: oli4company@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:29:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: INSTRUCT W.R.GRAHAM TO SEND IT




My Dear Good friend,

I did not forget your past effort of helping me on my funds transfer. I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that funds.

Contact my secretary Mr. W.R.Graham. E Mail:ID (willexrgraham@globomail.com phone:+229 9825 2468) ask him to send you the sum of ($1.5million usd) in A Bank Draft, which I kept for your compensation.contact him immediately.

Reconfirm your full information to avoid any mistake,I am very busy in Germany.
FULLNAME:____
AGE._____
ADDRESS:_____
OCCUPATION:____
PHONE:____
COUNTRY:_______

Thanks and God bless you.

My Best Regards,
Dr. Lazarus A. Heart,






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