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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: "John Alison" <johnalison01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:50:00 +0000
Subject: From john Alison

EAR SIR/MA

CONFIDENTIAL

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS ASURPRISE BECAUSE YOU
DO NOT KNOW ME .I AM JOHN ALISON, I WORK IN THE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, PACKAGING AND COURIER
DEPARTMENT.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY SEARCH FOR A HONEST PERSON
THROUGH ONE OF MYCOLLEAGUES HERE IN THE CENTRAL BANK
WHO SAID THAT I CAN CONFIDE IN YOU.I WANT YOU TO HELP
ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN EUROPE WHICH
I SHIPPED THROUGH OUR CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT
THECONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS $20,000,000.00 ALL IN
$100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW
THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVEIN THEPACKAGE .ALL I
WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS GIVE ME

YOUR MAILING ADDRESS
YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX

AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY , YOU WILL HAVE
30% AND 70% WILL BE FOR ME .MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE
REVEALED TO ANYBODY. IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OKAY BY
YOU,YOU CAN CALL E-MAIL ME FOR SECURITY REASONS
OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET
BACK TO MEINCLUDING SENDING OF THE KEYS TO THE BOXES
TO YOU . NOTE: COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE STRICTLY
THROUGH E-MAIL FOR SECURITY REASONS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR JOHN ALISON





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