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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: Deji Olayiwola <sege4dem@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mailme_store@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 11:21:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Enquiry -----------------------------


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: sege4dem@yahoo.com




Hello sales,


I will like to order for some important and urgent items from


your


store but before i proceed i will like you to advise me if you


do ship


internationally and get me the cost for the Air frieght to


Nigeria .


Kindly get back to me with if you do serve to my needs so that i


can


send you the list of the items i want to order for and you can


send me


the price so that i can forward you my credit card details i.e(


VISA


/MASTER CARD) to charge for the fast means of payment.


Kindly get back to me with your website so that i can send the


list of


your product.


Regards.

- Deji Olayiwola


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