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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: Irwin Mitchell <info@Mitchell.com>
Reply-To: imtsolicitorsuk707@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 18:48:55 -0500
Subject: Proposal!!!

Hello My Friend, I am Irwin Mitchell, A Solicitor here in United Kingdom . I'm contacting you as regards a secured and genuine Business proposal worth of $5,000,000.00 (Five Million Dollars) and I need your assistance to execute this. Please contact me using the email address below if interested so that I can furnish you with more details on this transaction. Email:imtsolicitorsuk707@gmail.com It is a risk free Business that would profit we both. Thanks i wait your response Yours Sincerely, Irwin Mitchell

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