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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: Antoinette Monsio <angelo.salierno@tin.it>
Reply-To: erictoha2013@yahoo.co.nz
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:00:45 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?your_package_of_$3.5_Million_U.S_Dollar=E2=80=8F=E2=80=8F?=


LAST NOTIFICATION !!!

Contact DHL COMPANY to delivered your package of $3.5million United
State Dollar, to your address/country, regarding the delivering of your
own compensation, provide your information for the DHL COMPANY to
complete the delivery of your own package {ATM CARD} deposited to them
and the delivering last only a week to be completed, the ATM contains
$3.5 million dollars being your own compensation, these is our
agreement with compensation officer, who deposit the fund to be
delivered to you and be Noted That you have to provide the below
information correctly for the smooth delivery of your package.

DELIVERING COMPANY INFO:
DIRECTOR NAME: Richard Bruno
MOBILE: +229 9912 4935
EMAIL: erictoha2013@yahoo.co.nz

INFORMATION HE WILL NEED FROM YOU
(1)Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address==== ====
(4)Nearest Airport=============

Regard
Antoinette Monsio
Director of the IMF's African Department

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