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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: "David Dankwa" <david1dankwa2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: daviddankwa@walla.com
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:22:54 +0000
Subject: KINDLY ASSIST ME.

My Dear,

Compliment of the season:

I am IN CONTROL OF $18.5MUSD. Can you handle this amount? And can you
provide bank ACCOUNT WERE I can log in this mentioned amount.

Can you be trusted?
Can you handle this deal PERFECTLY?
Can you invest it?

This deal will only last for three days if only you can follow my
instructions.
I need your contact informations for CHANGES. And kindly send your telephone
and fax numbers for easy communication. My name is Mr. Daivd Dankwa; Banker
and retired. Kindly contact me back for explanations.

Thanks and remain blessed

Mr. David Dankwa


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