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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: "Sanusi Tools" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanusitools@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 05:13:39 +0800
Subject: SANUSI TOOLS IS BACK TO SERVER U BETTER LIKE BEFORE.ADD O YAHOO MESSEGNGER(sanusitools01) OR CALL ON 09096460668

SANUSI IS BACK WITH ALL KING OF WORKING TOOLS SUCH AS DOMAIN AND LOCAL HOST SMTP, WEBMAILS, MAILER,RDP BOTH WINDOW8 AND 2003.
MORESO, U CAN GET ALL WORLDWIDE ADDRESSES BOTH COMPANY AND INDIVIDUALS ADDRESSES FOR ANY KIND OF JOB FROM OUR DATABSE, ALL KIND OF BANK LOGINS. AND U CAN ALSO GET YOUR WEBSITE BUILD FROM SANUSI TOOLS

ALL KIND OF ALIBABA TROJAN ARE ALSO IN OUR STORE SUCH AS ICE9, CITADEL, ZEUS, SPYNET AND RAT AND THEY ALL LAST LONG. CC, SHELL,FULLZ,TRACKS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN STORE.

IF U ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS, U CAN EASILY ADD US ON YAHOO (sanusitools01) OR CALL US ON 09096460668

THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGE AND WE PROMISE TO RENDER OVER VERY BEST SERVICE.

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