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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. Mrs. Jessica Ezeh" <reckoner@alice.it>
Reply-To: transferoffice_w@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:20:37 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Good Day:

The CASH PAYMENT of your $1.2M USD fund is registered with western union.
You will receive it within 24hours.Your PAYMENT will be transfer
to you in the details you will provide below. You will receive
$4500 until fund is fully transferred.Note, your first
PAYMENT must get to your within 4hours once you reconfirm your receiving
address as demanded below.

RECONFIRM YOUR TRANSFER ADDRESS BELOW :
RECEIVERS NAME:_____________
ADDRESS:__________________
CITY:___________
COUNTRY:___________________
CELL NUMBER:_________

The cost for your transfer activation is what you will send to them, so
confirm the cost.

Contact DR. JAMES ANDERSON; (transferoffice_w@yahoo.com.hk)
Tel: +229-68808554

Thanks
Mrs. Jessica Ezeh

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