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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: James Walker <manu.soraci@tin.it>
Reply-To: unionw86@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:01:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent Response


Attn; My work partner has helped me to send the $5000 to you via WU,So contact Western Union Agent Mr.Richard Ryder at,unionw86@yahoo.com,Tel;+229 99076772.This is the (MTCN)#160-343-5576,for the first transfer he made to you,Ask him to give you the Sender's Full Name,to pick the $5000,Your total amount with him is $1.7MILLION,ask him what you need to do to enable them validate your account file.please indicate this code (008xx37) to Western Union agent so that they will know that
you're the right person.

Full Name:----
State/city
Full Address:-------
Contact Phone:------

Regards James Walker

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