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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: FEDRAL MINSTREY OF FINNANCE <fedral_minstrey_finnance@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


DEAR

WE ARE THE DIPLOMATIC EXPRESS DELIVERY FROM AFRICA,WE GOT A FUND ON YOUR NAME TO DELIVER TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE GET BACK TO US URGENT SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS MONEY TO YOU IN YOUR HOUSE IN USA WITH OUT TIME WESTED.

WE DONT WANT THE GOVENRMENT TO KNOW THE CAN OF MONEY WE ARE TAKEN IN TO YOUR COUNTRY IN YOUR NAME ALL WE KNOW IS THIS,WE GOT YOUR NAME HERE AS AND DEPOSITOR AND WE HAVE TO GET THE MONEY TO YOU BECAUSE SOME PAYMENT HAVE BE MADE ON THIS FUND.

PLEASE GET BACK TO US URGENT WITH YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER IT IS VERY URGENT.

MY NAME IS JEAMS MOOR ( DIRECTOR OF THE DIPLOMAT )

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