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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: Hassan Saliman <grgsrl@alice.it>
Reply-To: hassan_saliman@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 15:58:30 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTCAT UBA BANK

Director of (ABAN OFFSHORE LIMITED)Mr.Pejavar Murari has Deposited a sun of
$5million to UBA Bank (UBA BANK) for you as Business Partner and He has left
to Japan,respond to us with your full name,cell phone and country and you can
also contact uba bank manager how you want to Receive your Fund. UBA MANAGER
Contact E-mail:uba_manager2014@yahoo.com
contact Phone: +22968717672

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