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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Pamela Walter Nomvete" <nomvetewalter@web-mail.com.ar> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:58:10 -0700
Subject: Proposition(Urgent)

Good day,

I am the secretary to the director of Health & Welfare Negotiations in the
Ministry of Health, South Africa.

My boss has directed me to solicit for a potential individual/organization
with a view to receive Sickle Cell Donation amounting to TWELVE MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS as part of humanitarian grant scheme operated by
the Ministry of Health, South Africa.

Upon indicating your interest, I will inform my boss about you and he
will proceed to add and facilitate you as a beneficiary of the grant.
You will receive FORTY PERCENT of the money as your commission while
SIXTY PERCENT goes to us.

Please, treat this mail as confidential as possible and if you are not
in a
position to be part of this, do not respond to this mail and I
apologize for
taking your time.

Best regards,
Pamela Walter Nomvete.



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