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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: Jacob Tasia <tyrrgf@cantv.net>
Reply-To: jacobtasia@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 00:52:14 -0430 (VET)
Subject: jacobtasia@yahoo.com

 
Dear Sir,

We are interested in your company's product's and to do a prosperous everlasting business with you and your company.
So will like to know if you can handle the supply order of your company to our organization, if yes get back to me with the products you can supply and specifications so that i will present it to the project coordinator for reference.

Regards,

Mr Jacob Tasia.
+233 544 840 381.
jacobtasia@yahoo.com

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