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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 LINDA OBI <benvenutig@alice.it>
Reply-To: atm.office51@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:13:02 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ECONFEDERAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS MELTDOWN OMICS
MELTDOWN

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS MELTDOWN (ECO_WAS) HAVE DECIDED TO PAY YOU
YOUR COMPENSACTION FUND WORTH OF $4.7 USD THROUGH AN ATM VISA CARD BUT
BEFORE THE DELIVERY WILL TAKE PLACE YOU HAVE TO RECONFIRM YOUR DELIVERY

DETAILS AS FOLLOWS
YOU’RE NAME__
YOU’RE COUNTRY__
YOU’RE ADDRESS__
YOU’RE AGE/SEX__
YOU’RE PHONE NUMBER __
YOU’RE OFFICE NUMBER__
THANKS FOR YOU’RE CO-OPERATION:

REV JERRY MARK
E-MAIL atm.office51@yahoo.com)
CALL REV Jerry mark +2268163365
REGARDS MRS LINDA OBI

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