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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: "Mr Gerald Nwauba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dauthrrityalfinboar@yahoo.dk>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:49:19 -0800
Subject: PLEASE DO CONFIRM IF YOU ARE ALIVE

I write to confirm the email I received from your cousin Mr Khalil H.
Santana ,he said that he is your next of kin and your over due payment
of $5m should be send to the account he provided to us.According to
his email received, he said that you had a train accident.

Please do confirm if you are alive to me by sending mail to this email
dauthrrityalfinboar@yahoo.dk

Thanks

Mr Gerald Nwauba.

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