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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: Michael Todd <gmissworld@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:11:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello My Dear,Your first payment MTCN is ready now



Hello My Dear,

I have contacted you because I have sent you the first transfer of $5000 from your winning funds total amount of $4.5Million USD. Therefore you need to contact Western Union agent Mr. Jerry Richard to give you the transfer payment information and MTCN immediately or call him.

Western Union Agent: Mr. Jerry Richard
Email: fedex-delivery20112012@hotmail.frOffice#: +229 -99437300

Please try to contact him today for him to forward the MTCN information to you and indicate the registration Code Numbers: EB-2237 to him, when contacting or calling him, He will be sending you $5000. 00 daily as per our board meeting discussion with him today.

Do get in touch with me once you have got the transfer completed thank you.

Sincerely,
Michael Todd

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