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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: Ms Sandra Johnson <kind7171@cantv.net>
Reply-To: mrsmartg@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 08:41:09 -0430 (VET)
Subject: Your Compensation Of $800.000.00

Hello Dear Beloved  Friend

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently i'm in Paraguay for tretment meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in  transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact our secretary in Benin his name is Mr Smart  Goodluck on Email: mrsmartg@rediffmail.com  Ask  him to send you the total of $800.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr Smart and instruct him where to send the amount to you,Remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr Smart, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

My Best Regards,
Ms Sandra Johnson

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