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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: "Esther Richard." <esther@noreply.com>
Reply-To: moneygramcontact@aol.com
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:33:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Payment Have Been Sent To You.

Good day,


This is the second time I am sending this email to you, I was instructed
by my boss to send you the MoneyGram informations for you to be able to
collect part of the money that was supposed to be transferred to your
account.


Senders Names: Esther Richard.
Senders Country: Block A5 Federal Ministry Of Finance Road Lagos State
Nigeria.
Reference Numbers: #83465210
Amount Sent: $2125 USD.
Text Question: White
Text Answer: Walls


Senders Names: Esther Richard.
Senders Country: Block C4 Federal Ministry Of Finance Road Lagos State
Nigeria.
Reference Numbers: #54662101
Amount Sent: $2540 USD.
Text Question: White
Text Answer: Walls


Senders Names: Esther Richard.
Senders Country: Block C4 Federal Ministry Of Finance Road Lagos State
Nigeria.
Reference Numbers: #29986411
Amount Sent: $3930 USD.
Text Question: White
Text Answer: Walls


I am out of town and I will not be back until 13th of Dec 2011 Just go to
the MoneyGram Office and collect the money and incase you have any
problem kindly contact the MoneyGram agent with the e-mail below for help.
moneygramcontact@aol.com OR moneygramoffce@servicepros.co.cc you can call
these numbers for help: +234-7032233870


Note I will not be able to respond to your email, if you have any problem
contact the MoneyGram agent via the information above.


Thanks,
Esther Richard.




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