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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: "George Traykov" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lewissilkin01@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 08:13:11 -0700
Subject: Reply Back.

Dear Sir / Ma'am, This is a personal email directed to you. My name is
George Traykov and I have decided to write you to share my fortune to
three (3) lucky winner.

I won the lottery twice but I'm still not happy being labelled the world's
most ungrateful winner hence I have voluntarily decided to donate
500,000.00 USD to you as part of my own charity project to improve the
life of 3 lucky individuals all over the world. If you have received this
email then you are one of the three lucky recipients, get back to my legal
counsel[lewissilkin02@yahoo.com], for more info on how you can
redeem your prize/donation.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below:

http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/17/george-traykov-i-won-the-lottery-twice-but-im-still-not-happy-4150822/

Contact Us:

Yours Sincerely,
George Traykov

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