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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: Money Gram International <info.moneygramuk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:25:19 +0100
Subject: Refrence Numbers: 86147516


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*
Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street.
London. EC4V 4AB*

*Refrence Numbers: 86147516

Attention Please .

My associate has helped me to send your first payment of $7500 USD to you
as instructed by the Malaysian Government and Mr. David Cameron the United
Kingdom prime minister after the last G20 meeting that was held in
Malaysia, making you one of the beneficiaries. Here is the information
below.

Refrence Numbers: 86147516
Sender Name Is = Patrick Lee Chun

I told him to keep sending you $7500 USD twice a week until the FULL
payment of ($820,000,00 United State Dollars)
is completed.

A certificate will be made to change the Receivers Name to your name as
stated by the Malaysian Government, reconfirm your {1}Full Names {2}address
{3}Mobile Number

via Email to: info.moneygramuk@gmail.com Attention: Allan Davis to proceed.
For more details call: +44-7035904878 <%2B44-7035904878>

Note: You cannot pickup the money until the certificate is obtained by you
and the fee to obtain the document is $115 contact Mr. Allan Davis , so
that we can direct you on how to send the fee direct to him.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Regards
Mr. Allan Davis.
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