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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: " WAYNE JOHNSON" <xx@yy>
Reply-To: johnmaier04@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:25:03 +0200
Subject: Awaiting your urgent response


Good day to you, My name is Barr. Wayne Johnson i want to present you as t=
he next of kin to my late client A British man who was a business man and a=
contractor here in London. before his death.he lost his family to an auto =
crash accident that took the life of his wife and daughters. he has no rela=
tive and he left the sum of $38,000,000.00 I have all the necessary documen=
ts that i will present to the bank here in and the funds will be transferre=
d to you as the next of kin since you bear the same surname with him. After=
the funds has been transferred to you, i will take $28,000,000.00 as my ow=
n share and you keep $10,000,000.00 to yourself. waiting for your response =
Barr.Wayne Johnson Phone:+447045769219=20

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