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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: "Mr. Henry Jackson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hj23403@att.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:11:02 -0500
Subject: Season greeting to your and your family!!!

Dear Friend:

I am Mr. Henry Jackson, I am representative for the regular Mail Service to get your ATM CARD inheritance funds.

I have been contacting you on different occasion and you will still not return my email.

I want you to know that you bank draft and ATM CARD are still valid all I need your mailing address and information to deliver it to your home address.. etc added like Fax Number and Telephone.

Here is the information for Western Union Money Transfer to send the money needed.

I told you before and I need you to send the require amount.

SENDER'S NAME................
SENDER'S ADDRESS..................
RECEIVERS NAME: TOSIN JACOB.
RECEIVERS ADDRESS: LAGOS - NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION: WHAT COLOR?
TEXT ANSWER: BLUE.
AMOUNT SENT: $85
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN) ---- --- ----

I wait to hear from you asap.

Regards to you and the family.
Mr. Henry Jackson
+2347084893187

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