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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: johnchurch johnchurch <johnchurch2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RENSEIGNEMENTS


Bonjour,
Nous sommes de l' association religieuse JOHNSONCHURCH basée a Londres en Angleterre et nous intenvenons dans le domaine du bénévolat.Notre commande est à livrer a cette adresse:
Avenue 27 Rue 44 Abidjan Treichville en Côte d'Ivoire.

Très prochainement nous comptons y faire une mission de visite des orphelins, refugiés,etc... Cette mission durera une ou deux semaines.

De ce fait, nous avons besoins de renseignements sur vos produits car ils nous interresssent
et interviendrons beaucoup dans nos activités.

Nous voulons savoir si vous pouvez nous fournir via UPS à :ABIDJAN.

En claire, nous avons besoin du maximum de renseignements avant de lancer notre commande.

NB/ Nous réglons toutes nos commandes à distance par cartes bancaires comma Visa carte,Master Carte
Dans l'attente de vous lire.

Mme JOHNSON PRATTER



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