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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: "Cisiler David." <officefile54@cantv.net>
Reply-To: cisilerdavid@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:43:49 -0430 (VET)
Subject: importance as I have great confidence

 
My Dear,
I feel honored to write to you desiring to share a matter of utmost confidentiality and importance as I have great confidence that you are a person of honesty and integrity. Please, kindly Reply to me on- (cisilerdavid@yahoo.fr)( +229 98 75 52 81 call me my son name is Timothy David.)ONLY as that is my direct email ID. I am waiting to hear from you so that I can discuss the details of this matter better. Thanks, yours truly.
Cisiler David.

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