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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: Dr Brown Moore <moore.brown11@yahoo.cl>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:29:50 +0530
Subject: <No Subject>



From: Desk office Dr. Brown Moore
P.O.Box1006
1 Edgar Place,A332 HP.
Pretoria
Tel:+27796829857
Email:moore.brown11@yahoo.cl
South Africa
Date:10-12-2013


Dear Mr. ,

Based on the final audit of the year 2013 by the World Bank and Swiss economic recovery and reconciliation committee we bring

to your attention that we have received the instruction to remit your unclaimed sum of USD$ 820.000.00 Eight Hundred and

Twenty Dollars Only which was delayed due to unforeseen circumstance at present your money has been loaded into an ATM card

and it will be posted to you as soon as you are able to confirm the below information.

Receiver Name :
Postal Address:
Mobile Phone number:
Age/Sex.
You are expected to respond to this email within 7 days to avoid closing your file as unclaimed.

Regards

Dr. Brown Moore
Controller
Economic Recovery
Tel:+27796829857
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Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
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New Delhi. 110003
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