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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: "Mrs.Donna Lee Richards" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leerichy200@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:44 +0100
Subject: Stop Contacting Them.

Stop Contacting Them.

I am Mrs.Donna Lee Richard, I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in New Braunfels Texas. My residential address is

as follows. 2035 SOUTH WASHINGTON AVENUE , GENERAL DELIVERY, TITUSVILLE, FL.32781 United States, am thinking of relocating

since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay

me, I had paid over $45,000 while in the US,trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Barrister Larry Chima

who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is

contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment.Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth

because I have received my compensation funds of $15,000,000 (fifteen million dollas)Moreover,Barrister Chima Larry, showed

me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries,and

your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they

are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister Larry Chima You have to contact him directly on this

information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE

Name :Barrister Chima
Email:barrii55555@gmail.com
Tell: +2348106627218

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is

not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.The only money

I paid after I met Barrister Larry was just $880usd for the paper works, take note of that.

( NOTE:TELLING YOU TO PAY FOR ANY DELIVERY OR COURIER CHARGE ,THAT IS ALL NOTHING BUT LIES,I REPEAT THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL

HAVE TO PAY AND WHICH I ALSO PAID IS $880 usd FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE/ ENDORSEMENT CHARGE AS IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND

YOUR PACKAGE CONTAINING YOUR CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT CHEQUE WILL BE REACHING YOU THROUGH THE GLOBAL REGULAR MAIL SERVICE. )

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Larry Chima so that he can help you to Deliver your

fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your

transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs.Donna Lee Richards

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