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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: "JIM MCCULLAR" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:30:54 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

I am Mr Jim McCullar the mega winner of $190 Million Dollars Jackpot in Washington,
have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of TWO MILLION to you as part of our own free gift.



WATCH US HERE:
http://youtu.be/7pzSL02ZNlA

THIS IS YOUR DONATION CODE: [ JIM2312011BDB ]



Send me back the DONATION CODE by responding back to this email: (jimmccullar01@gmail.com)
I shall send you more emails as soon as I get the donation code back from you.



Good-luck,
Jim and Carolyn McCullar

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